Welfare Rules Databook Tables:
State Policies as of July 2002
March, 2004
By
Gretchen Rowe
With
Victoria Russell
Urban Institute
This project is funded by The Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families and The Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation.
Tables
Table I.A.1 Formal Diversion Payments, July 2002
Table I.A.2 Mandatory Job Search at Application, July 2002
Table I.B.1 Eligibility of Pregnant Women with No Other Children, July 2002
Table I.B.2 Eligibility Rules for Two-Parent, Nondisabled Applicant Units, July 2002
Table I.B.3 Special Rules Imposed on Minor Parent Eligibility, July 2002
Table I.B.4 Stepparent Eligibility, July 2002
Table I.B.5 State Practices Regarding Eligibility of Non-Exempt, Pre-PRWORA, Qualified Aliens, July
2002
Table I.B.6 States Using State Funds to Help Noncitizens who Entered after Enactment and are Ineligible
for Federal TANF Assistance, July 2002
Table I.B.7 State Practices Regarding Eligibility of Non-Exempt, Post-PRWORA, Qualified Aliens after
Five Years, July 2002
Table I.C.1 Asset Limits for Applicants, July 2002
Table I.D.1 Treatment of Grandparent Income, July 2002
Table I.D.2 Treatment of Stepparent Income, July 2002
Table I.E.1 Income Eligibility Test for Applicants, July 2002
Table I.E.2 Earned Income Disregards for Income Eligibility Purposes, July 2002
Table I.E.3 Eligibility Standards, July 2002
Table I.E.4 Initial Eligibility Threshold at Application for a Family of Three, July 2002
Table II.A.1 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, July 2002
Table II.A.2 Benefit Determination Policies, July 2002
Table II.A.3 Benefit Standards, July 2002
Table II.A.4 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income, July 2002
Table III.A.1 Behavioral Requirements, July 2002
Table III.B.1 Work-Related Activity Exemptions for Single-Parent Head of Unit, July 2002
Table III.B.2 Work-Related Activity Requirements for Single-Parent Head of Unit, July 2002
Table III.B.3 Sanction Policies for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent Head of Unit,
July 2002
Table IV.A.1 Eligibility Rules for Two-Parent, Nondisabled Recipient Units, July 2002
Table IV.A.2 Treatment of Child Support Income for Recipients, July 2002
Table IV.A.3 Asset Limits for Recipients, July 2002
Table IV.A.4 Income Eligibility Tests for Recipients, July 2002
Table IV.B.1 Family Cap Policies, July 2002
Table IV.C.1 State Lifetime Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Table IV.C.2 Other State Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Table IV.C.3 State Time Limit Exemption Policies, July 2002
Table IV.C.4 State Time Limit Extension Policies, July 2002
Table L1 Formal Diversion Payments, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L2 Types of Special Restrictions on Two-Parent, Nondisabled Units’ Eligibility, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L3 Initial Eligibility Threshold at Application for a Family of Three, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L5 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L6 Work-Related Exemption When Caring for a Child under X Months, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L7 Most Severe Sanction Policy for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent
Adults, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L8 Asset Limits for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L9 Vehicle Exemptions for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
Table L10 Family Cap Policies, 1996-2002 (July)
Appendix 1: Component Descriptions
Table I.A.1 Formal Diversion Payments, July 2002
Payment
Maximum How Often Can Recipient Period of TANF Counts
Diversion Diversion Form of Receive Maximum Ineligibility Without Toward the
State Program1 Payment Payment Payment Penalty after Payment Time Limit
Alabama No —- —- —- —- —-
Alaska Yes 3 Months Vendor or Cash Four Times in a Lifetime, but 3 Months2 No
Payment No More Than Once Every 12
Months
Arizona Yes 3 Months3 Cash Payment Once Every 12 Months 3 Months4 No
5
Arkansas Yes 3 Months Cash Loan Once in a Lifetime 100 Days No5
California6 Yes Varies7 Cash Payment or As Often As Needed, Up to No Limit9 Varies9
8 $4,000 (Annual) and $10,000
Services
(Lifetime)
Colorado10 Yes $1,000 11 Vendor or Cash Twice in a Lifetime Determined by Caseworker No12
Payment and Client
Connecticut Yes 3 Months Cash Payment Three Times in a Lifetime, but 3 Months Yes
No More Than Once Every 12
Months
Delaware Yes 13 $1,500 Vendor Payment Once Every 12 Months Varies14 No
D.C. Yes 3 Months Vendor or Cash Once Every 12 Months Diversion Payment Divided No
Payment by the Maximum Monthly
Benefit the Unit Would
Receive
Florida Yes15 Varies15 Cash Payment Varies15 Varies15 Varies15
Georgia No —- —- —- —- —-
Hawaii Yes 8 Months of Cash Payment Once in 60 Months Varies16 No
Benefits
Idaho Yes 3 Months Cash Payment Once in a Lifetime Twice the Number of Yes
Months Included in the
Payment
Illinois No —- —- —- —- —-
Indiana No —- —- —- —- —-
Iowa No17 —- —- —- —- —-
Kansas No —- —- —- —- —-
Kentucky Yes $1,500 Vendor or Cash Once Every 12 Months 12 Months No
Payment
Louisiana Yes 4 Months Cash Payment Twice in a Lifetime, but No 4 Months No
More Than Once Every 12
Months
Maine Yes18 3 Months Vendor Payment Once in a Lifetime No Limit19 No
Maryland Yes 3 Months Cash Payment As Often As Needed The Number of Months No
Included in the Payment
Massachusetts No —- —- —- —- —-
Michigan No —- —- —- —- —-
Minnesota Yes 20 4 Months Vendor or Cash Once Every 12 Months The Diversion Payment No
Payment Divided by the Transitional
Standard Times 30
Mississippi No —- —- —- —- —-
Missouri No —- —- —- —- —-
Montana No —- —- —- —- —-
Table I.A.1 Formal Diversion Payments, July 2002
Payment
Maximum How Often Can Recipient Period of TANF Counts
Diversion Diversion Form of Receive Maximum Ineligibility Without Toward the
State Program1 Payment Payment Payment Penalty after Payment Time Limit
Nebraska No —- —- —- —- —-
Nevada No —- —- —- —- —-
New Hampshire No —- —- —- —- —-
New Jersey Yes21 $1,550 22 Cash Payment No Limit 22 No Limit 23 No
New Mexico Yes24 $1,500 Cash Payment Twice in a Lifetime 12 Months25 No
New York Yes26 Varies27 Vendor or Cash Once in a Lifetime * No
Payment27
North Carolina Yes 3 Months Cash Payment Once Every 12 Months No Limit No
North Dakota No —- —- —- —- —-
Ohio28 Yes $1,000 Cash Payment Once Every 12 Months29 * No
Oklahoma Yes30 3 Months Vendor Payment Once in a Lifetime 12 Months No
Oregon No —- —- —- —- —-
Pennsylvania No —- —- —- —- —-
Rhode Island No —- —- —- —- —-
South Carolina No —- —- —- —- —-
South Dakota Yes 2 Months Vendor or Cash No Limit31 3 Months4 No
Payment
Tennessee No —- —- —- —-
Texas Yes 32 $1,000 Cash Payment Once Every 12 Months 12 Months No
Utah Yes 3 Months Cash Payment No Limit 3 Months4 Yes33
Vermont No —- —- —- —- —-
Virginia Yes 4 Months Vendor or Cash Once Every 60 Months Diversion Payment Divided No
Payment by the Daily Benefit the
Unit Would Receive
Washington Yes $1,500 Cash Payment Once Every 12 Months 12 Months34 No
35
West Virginia Yes 3 Months Cash Payment Once in a Lifetime 3 Months No36
Wisconsin Yes37 $1,600 Cash Loan No Limit38 No Limit No
Wyoming No —- —- —- —- —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
*Data not obtained.
1 The Maximum Diversion Payment is either a flat payment, regardless of the family's size and the state's maximum benefit (represented in
the table by a dollar amount), or a multiple of the maximum benefit the family would have received if they were receiving monthly TANF
benefits (represented in the table by a number of months of benefits the family could potentially receive). Note that if the state provides
diversion payments based on a multiple of the maximum benefit, the amount will vary by the family size and the generosity of the states'
maximum benefits.
2 The entire payment is prorated over three months and counted as income if the unit applies for benefits within three months of receiving a
payment.
3 All child support payments received on behalf of the children in the unit are passed through to the diversion program participants during the
three-month diversion period.
4 If the unit applies for benefits during the three-month ineligibility period, the unit must repay the diversion payment. The payment will be
prorated over a three-month period and the amount of the repayment will be deducted from the unit's monthly assistance payment.
5 The diversion payment is considered a loan; therefore the recipient must pay back any amount borrowed. Any amount paid back will not
count toward the time limit; however, if all or a portion of the amount has not been repaid, the months will count.
6 Counties have the option to vary their diversion programs. These policies refer to Los Angeles County.
7 The standard maximum diversion cash payment amount is the greater of three months and $2,000; however, for cases of 'compelling need'
the greater of six months and $4,000 is granted.
8 Diversion services may be made in the form of cash, vendor, or non-cash services. Diversion has been used to provide payments and
services for child and dependent care, clothing, housing deposit, medical expenses, work supports pending receipt of employment income,
tools or other items for employment, transportation, payments for automobile repairs, and payment of utility bills.
9 If the unit applies for monthly TANF benefits after the diversion period (diversion amount divided by monthly benefit) ends, the state counts
tools or other items for employment, transportation, payments for automobile repairs, and payment of utility bills.
9 If the unit applies for monthly TANF benefits after the diversion period (diversion amount divided by monthly benefit) ends, the state counts
one month toward the time limit. If the unit applies during the diversion period, it can choose to count the diversion payment toward the time
limit, or repay the diversion amount at a rate of 10 percent of the monthly benefit each month until the diversion is repaid. The number of
months counted toward the 60-month time limit is calculated by dividing the total diversion payment by the maximum aid payment (MAP)
for the apparently eligible AU at the time the diversion payment was made. The month(s) resulting from the calculation less any partial
month, is (are) counted toward the 60-month time limit.
10 Counties have the option to vary their diversion programs. These policies refer to Denver county.
11 If assistance greater than $1,000 is requested it must be approved by a designated staffing team. If an individual is seeking employment
and training services through the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, there will be no limit to the amount of money issued.
12 If the payment is intended to cover greater than 120 days worth of need, the additional time counts towards the time limit.
13 The state's diversion program is related to retaining or obtaining employment and is only for parents living with natural or adopted children.
14 The period of ineligibility depends on the amount of the diversion payment. Units receiving $1-500.99 are ineligible for one month, units
receiving $501-1,000.99 are ineligible for two months, and units receiving $1,001-$1,500 are ineligible for three months.
15 Florida has three separate diversion programs. An assistance unit may receive a one-time payment of up to $1,000 in Up-Front Diversion
or Relocation Assistance, up to the amount needed to relocate, or a one-time $1,000 payment of Cash Severance Diversion. The unit is
ineligible to receive assistance for three months after receiving Up-Front Diversion and for six months after receiving Relocation Assistance
or Cash Severance Diversion. Up-Front Assistance is for individuals in need of assistance due to unexpected circumstances or emergency
situations. Relocation Assistance is available for individuals who reside in an area with limited employment opportunities and experience
one of the following: geographic isolation, formidable transportation barriers, isolation from extended family, or domestic violence that
threatens the ability of a parent to maintain self-sufficiency. Cash Severance Diversion is available to TANF recipients if they meet the
following criteria: are employed and receiving earnings; are able to verify their earnings; will remain employed for at least six months; have
received cash assistance for at least 6 consecutive months since October 1996; and are eligible for at least one more month of TANF. Up-
Front Diversion and Relocation Assistance do not count toward time limits. Cash Severance Diversion does not count toward time limits if
the payment is made in a month in which the unit receives a TANF payment as well. If the payment is made in a month in which the unit
does not receive a TANF payment, the Cash Severance Diversion payment counts as a month toward the time limit.
16 The period of ineligibility depends on the amount of the diversion payment. Units receiving a payment equaling three months of benefits
are ineligible for five consecutive months, units receiving a payment equaling six months of benefits are ineligible for nine consecutive
months, and units receiving a payment equaling eight months of benefits are ineligible for twelve consecutive months.
17 Iowa is conducting a demonstration project that provides diversion assistance to its clients.
18 Diversion payments are only provided to caretaker relatives or parents who are employed or looking for work.
19 Units that apply for benefits during the 3-month ineligibility period must repay any diversion payment received for any period that was
covered by both diversion and TANF.
20 To be eligible for the diversion program, the assistance unit must meet all of the following criteria: (1) at least one family member has
lived in Minnesota for at least 30 days; (2) the caregiver has lost a job, is unable to obtain a job, or has a temporary loss of income, and this
loss of income is not due to refusing suitable employment without good cause; (3) the family is at risk of MFIP eligibility if DA is not
provided; and (4) the family is not in a period of eligibility for Emergency Assistance.
21 Applicants for WFNJ/TANF must participate in New Jersey's diversion program, Early Employment Initiative, if they: (1) have a work
history that equals or exceeds four months of full-time employment in the last 12 months; (2) have at least one child; (3) appear to meet
TANF eligibility requirements; (4) are not in immediate need; and (5) do not meet criteria for a deferral from work requirements.
Participants receive a one-time, lump sum payment and are required to pursue an intensive job search for 15 to 30 days while their
WFNJ/TANF application is being processed. If participants obtain employment and withdraw their application, they are eligible to receive a
second lump-sum payment to assist in the transition to employment. If no employment is secured, the applicant is referred back to the
WFNJ/TANF agency for cash assistance.
22 The maximum amount a family would receive is relative to the number of persons in the unit. The amount included in the table is for a unit
of eight or more people. The maximum diversion payment for a family of three is $750. If the agency feels that an individual may benefit, he
or she may be considered suitable for repeated participation in EEI when determining subsequent eligibility for the program.
23 If a participant is unable to find a job through the diversion program or loses employment, and reapplies for TANF benefits within 60 days
of the original application, TANF benefits will be retroactive to the date of application. Any lump sum payment received under the EEI is
prorated from the date of the original application to the date of the reactivation and subtracted from the monthly grant amount for which the
assistance unit is eligible. If this lump sum exceeds the family's monthly grant amount, the excess is counted as unearned income when
calculating the monthly assistance benefits for any subsequent month. If the applicant loses his or her employment after 60 days from the
application date, the family will need to reapply for TANF.
24 The diversion payment is only available to assist applicants in keeping a job or accepting a bona fide offer of employment.
25 Units may apply for assistance during the 12-month period, but the benefits will be prorated to account for the diversion payment. Units
receiving a diversion payment in another state may not receive a diversion payment or monthly benefits in New Mexico for 12 months or the
length of the period of ineligibility in the other state, whichever is shorter.
26 New York has three types of diversion payments available: Diversion Payments (for crisis items such as moving expenses, storage fees, or
household structural or equipment repairs); Diversion Transportation Payments (for employment-related transportation expenses); and
Diversion Rental Payments (for rental housing).
27 The type and amount of the payment is determined on a case-by-case basis and is dependent upon the needs of the applicant.
28 Counties have the option to vary their diversion programs. These policies refer to Cuyahoga County.
29 The unit may receive up to the maximum amount over a 12-month period. The maximum is $400 for contingent need that threatens the
unit's safety or health and $700 to prevent the unit from entering TANF or to help the unit retain employment. The combined total maximum
cannot be over $1,000.
30 Individuals must be employed or have a bona fide offer of employment in order to qualify for diversion assistance.
31 South Dakota has no formal limit on the number of payments a unit may receive; however, a state source reports that it is unlikely that an
assistance unit would receive a diversion payment more than once every 12 months.
32 The first diversion payment in a 12-month period will not count as a month of financial assistance against the 36-month time limit; the
second and subsequent diversion payments in a 12-month period will count.
33 If the unit applies for benefits during the 12-month ineligibility period, the diversion payment becomes a loan. The amount of the loan is
calculated by dividing the diversion payment by 12 and multiplying the quotient by the number of months remaining of the 12-month period
33 Ifthe unit applies for benefits during the 12-month ineligibility period, the diversion payment becomes a loan. The amount of the loan is
calculated by dividing the diversion payment by 12 and multiplying the quotient by the number of months remaining of the 12-month period
since the diversion payment was received. The unit's monthly benefit is decreased by 5 percent each month until the loan is repaid.
34 Recipients may also be eligible for a one-time relocation payment of $1,500.
35 To qualify for the state's diversion program, the assistance unit must meet one of the "Crisis Criteria": (1) the caretaker or second parent
loss of employment in the process month, application month, or two months prior to application; (2) a single parent must have experienced a
loss of financial support from a spouse within the last 12 months due to death, divorce, separation, or abandonment and have been employed
within 12 months before the application or process month; (3) the caretaker or second parent has graduated from a university, college, junior
college, or technical training school within 12 months before the application or process month and is underemployed or unemployed; or (4)
the caretaker and/or second parent is employed but faces the loss or potential loss of transportation and/or shelter or faces a medical
emergency temporarily preventing them from continuing to work.
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.A.2 Mandatory Job Search at Application, July 2002
State Job Search Required
Alabama Yes
Alaska No
Arizona No
Arkansas Yes1
California No
Colorado No
Connecticut No
Delaware No
D.C. Yes
Florida No
Georgia Yes
Hawaii No
Idaho Yes
Illinois No
Indiana Yes
Iowa No
Kansas Yes
Kentucky No
Louisiana No
Maine No
Maryland Yes
Massachusetts No
Michigan No
Minnesota No
Mississippi No
Missouri Yes2
Montana No
Nebraska No
Nevada Yes
New Hampshire No
New Jersey Yes3
New Mexico No
New York No
North Carolina Yes
North Dakota Yes
Ohio Yes
Oklahoma No
Oregon No4
Pennsylvania No
Rhode Island No
South Carolina Yes
South Dakota No
Tennessee No
Texas No
Utah No
Vermont Yes
Virginia No
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.A.2 Mandatory Job Search at Application, July 2002
State Job Search Required
Washington No
West Virginia No
Wisconsin Yes
Wyoming No
Total States with Requirements: 17
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Many states requiring job search at application exempt certain individuals from the requirement. See the WRD for more information
on these exemptions.
1 If transportation and/or child care are not available at application, the job search requirement will be delayed until after the TEA application
is approved and supportive services can be provided.
2 Two-parent households that have been assessed as job-ready are required to participate in job search while their application is pending. If
child care is necessary, one parent has the option to participate in a search to find child care.
3Job search is a mandatory part of the state's diversion program. Applicants will automatically be placed in the Early Employment Initiative
(diversion) program if they (1) have a work history that equals or exceeds four months of full-time employment in the past 12 months; (2)
have at least one child; (3) appear to meet TANF eligibility requirements; (4) are not in immediate need; and (5) do not meet criteria for a
deferral from work requirements. Once in the program, participants will receive an activity payment and will be required to search for a job
during the TANF application process. If they are not successful in securing employment, they will be eligible for TANF benefits.
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.B.1 Eligibility of Pregnant Women with No Other Children, July 2002
State Eligible for Cash Benefits Eligible in What Month of Pregnancy
Alabama No —
Alaska Yes 7
Arizona Yes 6
Arkansas No —
California Yes 51
Colorado Yes 6
Connecticut Yes2 1
Delaware Yes3 94
D.C. Yes 6
Florida Yes 95
Georgia No —
Hawaii Yes 9
Idaho Yes 76
Illinois Yes7 1
Indiana No —
Iowa No —
Kansas Yes8 1
Kentucky No —
Louisiana Yes9 6
Maine Yes 7
Maryland Yes 1
Massachusetts Yes 6
Michigan Yes10 1
Minnesota Yes 11 1
Mississippi No —
Missouri No —
Montana Yes 6
Nebraska Yes10 6
Nevada Yes 6
New Hampshire No —
New Jersey No —
New Mexico Yes12 7
New York Yes13 1
North Carolina No —
North Dakota Yes 6
Ohio Yes 6
Oklahoma No —
Oregon Yes Month Before the Due Date14
Pennsylvania Yes From Month of Medical Verification
Rhode Island Yes15 7
South Carolina No —
South Dakota No —
Tennessee Yes 6
Texas No —
Utah Yes 6
Vermont Yes 9 16
Virginia No —
Washington Yes 1
West Virginia No —
Wisconsin No17 —
Wyoming No —
Total States Providing Benefits: 32 —
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
1A pregnant teen that has not graduated from high school is eligible from the date the pregnancy is verified.
DRAFT TABLES
1A pregnant teen that has not graduated from high school is eligible from the date the pregnancy is verified.
2A pregnant woman must meet the eligibility requirements as if her child were already born and living with her.
3 A pregnant woman's financial eligibility in the month that her child is due is determined by comparing her gross income to the standard of
need for one person. If she lives with the father of her unborn child, financial eligibility is determined by comparing the sum of the pregnant
woman's income and the father's income to the standard of need for three people (the number of people who would be included in the family
unit when the child is born). If income exceeds the standard, the application is denied. If income is less than the standard, only the mother's
income is considered in determining the amount of the grant.
4 A pregnant woman is eligible on the first day of the month in which her child is expected.
5 A pregnant woman is eligible in the ninth month, unless her doctor verifies that she is unable to work; then she is eligible in the seventh
month.
6 A pregnant woman is eligible only if she is in her last trimester and is unable to work for medical reasons.
7 A pregnant woman and her spouse, if living with her, are eligible for assistance.
8 A pregnant woman, her unborn child, and the father of the unborn child are eligible for assistance.
9 A pregnant woman is eligible for assistance only if the child would be eligible for assistance if born. The father of the unborn child or the
spouse of the pregnant woman, if living with her, is also eligible.
10 A pregnant woman and her unborn child are eligible for assistance.
11A pregnant woman and her spouse are eligible for assistance.
12 The needs, income, and resources of the otherwise eligible father of the unborn child(ren) are considered in determining eligibility and
payment if the father lives in the home.
13 A pregnant woman and the father of the child are eligible for assistance.
14 A pregnant woman who is at risk of or has a safety concern due to domestic violence may be eligible for benefits earlier.
15 A pregnant woman is eligible for assistance if her child would be eligible for assistance if born.
16 A pregnant woman may be eligible in the seventh month if she is documented as having a high-risk pregnancy.
17 A pregnant woman is not eligible for benefits but can obtain employment training, job search assistance, and case management services.
DRAFT TABLES
Note: In some states, benefits are provided to two-parent units under a state-funded program instead of through federal TANF. The
1
Table I.B.2 Eligibility Rules for Two-Parent, Nondisabled Applicant Units,
July 2002
Other Rules for Applicants
State Limit on Hours
Work History2 Waiting Period
Alabama No Limit No 0
Alaska No Limit No 0
Arizona No Limit 6 Out of 13 Quarters 0
Arkansas No Limit No 0
California 100 3 No 0
Colorado No Limit No 0
Connecticut No Limit No 0
Delaware No Limit No 0
D.C. 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Florida No Limit No 0
Georgia No Limit Special Requirement4 0
Hawaii No Limit No 0
Idaho No Limit No 0
Illinois No Limit No 0
Indiana 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Iowa No Limit No 0
Kansas No Limit No 0
Kentucky 100 Special Requirement5 30 Days
Louisiana No Limit No 0
Maine 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Maryland No Limit No 0
Massachusetts No Limit No 0
Michigan No Limit No 0
Minnesota No Limit No 0
Mississippi 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Missouri No Limit No 0
Montana No Limit No 0
Nebraska No Limit No 0
Nevada No Limit No 0
New Hampshire 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
New Jersey No Limit No 0
New Mexico No Limit No 0
New York No Limit No 0
North Carolina No Limit No 0
North Dakota6 —- —- —-
Ohio No Limit No 0
Oklahoma No Limit 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Oregon No Limit No 0
Pennsylvania No Limit 6 Out of 13 Quarters 0
Rhode Island No Limit No 0
South Carolina No Limit No 0
7
South Dakota 100 Special Requirement 0
Tennessee 100 6 Out of 13 Quarters 30 Days
Texas No Limit No 0
Utah No Limit No 0
Vermont No Limit No 0
Virginia No Limit No 0
DRAFT TABLES
1
Table I.B.2 Eligibility Rules for Two-Parent, Nondisabled Applicant Units,
July 2002
Other Rules for Applicants
State Limit on Hours
Work History 2 Waiting Period
Washington No Limit No 0
West Virginia No Limit No 0
Wisconsin No Limit No 0
Wyoming No Limit No 0
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: In some states, benefits are provided to two-parent units under a state-funded program instead of through federal TANF. This table includes
the treatment of two-parent units regardless of the funding source.
1Eligibilityrules for two-parent, nondisabled families are special categorical rules in addition to the other state rules that all units must pass.
Traditionally, states imposed rules on two-parent families' work effort. These rules include limits on hours of work, work history tests, and waiting
periods.
2Applicants have to demonstrate previous attachment to the workforce; under AFDC, applicants were required to work at least six out of the last 13
quarters. The 13-quarter period must have ended within one year of applying for assistance. Generally, work history could also be established if
one of the following applied: (1) the applicant received unemployment compensation (UC) benefits within 12 months prior to the date of
application or (2) the applicant would have been eligible for UC benefits within the previous 12 months but did not apply or his or her employment
was not covered by UC laws.
3To be eligible for cash assistance, the individual has to have been employed less than 100 hours during the four-week period before the date of
application.
4Applicants must be connected to the workforce, which includes one of the following: (1) currently working at least 20 hours per week, (2)
receiving Unemployment Compensation, (3) unemployed or working less than 20 hours per week and has earned $500 within the six months prior
to application, (4) receiving retirement benefits, or (5) received disability benefits based on 100 percent disability in any of the last six months.
5Applicants must have earned at least $1,000 during the 24-month period prior to the month of application.
6North Dakota does not provide benefits to two-parent, nondisabled units.
7The parents in the unit must have a combined gross income in the past six months of at least $1,500 and must not have voluntarily terminated
employment, reduced hours worked, or refused a job offer within the previous six months (without good cause).
DRAFT TABLES
DRAFT TABLES
able includes
ory tests, and waiting
13
months but did not apply or his or her employment
within the six months prior
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.B.3 Special Rules Imposed on Minor Parent Eligibility, July 2002
State Can Head Unit Living Arrangement Restriction1
Alabama Yes Yes
Alaska Yes Yes
Arizona Yes Yes2
Arkansas Yes Yes
California Yes Yes2
Colorado Yes Yes
Connecticut Yes Yes
Delaware No3 Yes
D.C. Yes Yes
Florida Yes Yes
Georgia Yes Yes
Hawaii Yes No
Idaho No Yes2
Illinois Yes Yes
Indiana Yes Yes4
Iowa Yes Yes
Kansas No Yes
Kentucky Yes Yes
Louisiana No5 Yes
Maine Yes Yes
Maryland No Yes
Massachusetts Yes Yes
Michigan No Yes
Minnesota Yes Yes
Mississippi Yes Yes
Missouri Yes Yes
Montana No6 Yes4
Nebraska Yes No
Nevada Yes Yes
New Hampshire Yes Yes
New Jersey Yes Yes
New Mexico Yes Yes
New York 7 Yes
Yes
North Carolina No Yes
North Dakota Yes Yes2
Ohio * Yes
Oklahoma Yes Yes
Oregon Yes Yes
Pennsylvania Yes Yes
Rhode Island Yes Yes4
South Carolina Yes Yes
South Dakota Yes Yes
Tennessee Yes Yes
Texas Yes Yes
Utah Yes Yes
Vermont Yes Yes
Virginia Yes Yes
Washington Yes Yes
West Virginia No Yes
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Table I.B.3 Special Rules Imposed on Minor Parent Eligibility, July 2002
State Can Head Unit Living Arrangement Restriction1
Wisconsin No Yes
Wyoming Yes Yes
Total States Imposing Special Rules 41 49
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
* Data not obtained.
1 This variable indicates whether the state requires minor parents to live with their parent(s) or in another state-approved setting. If "Yes"
is coded, a minor is not eligible to receive assistance unless living with a parent or in an approved setting.
2 Minor parents having a marital status of married, separated, divorced, or widowed are not subject to the residency requirement.
3 Minor parents with children born before December 31, 1998 can head their own unit.
4 Minor parents under 18 years of age are not subject to the requirement if they are married.
5 Minor, unmarried parents can head a unit if they are not living with a parent, legal guardian, qualified relative, or in a maternity home.
6 A minor parent can head his or her own unit if he or she has been emancipated by court action or marriage.
7 To receive assistance, the minor parent must be at least 16 years of age.
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.B.4 Stepparent Eligibility, July 2002
State Inclusion in the Assistance Unit
Alabama Mandatory
Alaska Prohibited1
Arizona Prohibited
Arkansas Mandatory
California Optional
Colorado *
Connecticut Prohibited
Delaware Optional
D.C. Prohibited
Florida Prohibited
Georgia Prohibited
Hawaii Optional
Idaho Prohibited
Illinois Optional
Indiana Optional
Iowa Optional
Kansas Mandatory
Kentucky Prohibited
Louisiana Mandatory
Maine Optional
Maryland Prohibited
Massachusetts Prohibited
Michigan Mandatory
Minnesota Mandatory
Mississippi Prohibited
Missouri Optional
Montana Mandatory
Nebraska Mandatory
Nevada Optional
New Hampshire Mandatory
New Jersey Optional2
New Mexico Mandatory
New York Optional
North Carolina Mandatory
North Dakota Prohibited
Ohio Prohibited
Oklahoma Optional
Oregon Mandatory
Pennsylvania Optional
Rhode Island Mandatory
South Carolina Mandatory
South Dakota Mandatory3
Tennessee Optional
Texas Optional
Utah Mandatory
Vermont Mandatory
Virginia Optional
Washington Mandatory
West Virginia Mandatory
Wisconsin Mandatory4
Wyoming Prohibited
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
DRAFT TABLES
Note: The table only describes units in which the stepparent has no child in common with the spouse (head of unit) or any dependents of his
or her own living in the unit and the spouse is living in the home.
* Data not obtained.
1 The stepparent may be included in the assistance unit if the natural parent is living in the home but is excluded from the unit (for example, if
the natural parent is a recipient of SSI).
2 The stepparent is a mandatory participant in the unit unless the stepparent's income causes the assistance unit to become ineligible, in which
case the stepparent is not required to be included in the unit. If the stepparent chooses not to receive assistance, the unit becomes a child-only
unit (the spouse is also excluded from the unit) and his or her income is used to determine eligibility but not the benefit amount. For more
information regarding deeming, see Table I.D.2.
3 An Indian stepparent in Indian country who is under exclusive jurisdiction of a tribe for the purposes of determining the domestic relations
rights of the family has the option of being included in the assistance unit.
4 The stepparent is included in the W-2 group for income purposes but cannot be the mandatory work program participant.
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.B.5 State Practices Regarding Eligibility of Nonexempt, Pre-PRWORA,
1
Qualified Aliens, July 2002
Battered
State Lawful Permanent Residents2 Asylees/Refugees3 Deportees4 Parolees5 Noncitizens6
Alabama All All All All None
Alaska All All All All All
Arizona All All All All All
Arkansas All All All All None
California All All All All Some7
Colorado All All All All Some7
Connecticut All All All All All
Delaware All All All All All
D.C. All All All All All
Florida All All All All All
Georgia All All All All *
Hawaii8 All All All All All
Idaho All All All All All
Illinois All All All All Some7
Indiana All All All All None
Iowa All All All All All
Kansas All All All All None
Kentucky All All All All All
Louisiana All All All All All
Maine All All All All None
Maryland All All All All Some7
Massachusetts All All All All All
Michigan All All All All None
Minnesota All All All All All
Mississippi None All All None None
Missouri All All All All All
Montana None All9 All9 All Some10
Nebraska All All All All All
Nevada All None None All All
New Hampshire All All All All All
New Jersey All All All All All
New Mexico All All None All None
New York All All All All Some7
North Carolina All All All All Some7
North Dakota All All All All None
Ohio All All All All All
Oklahoma All All All All All
Oregon All All All All All
Pennsylvania All All All All All
Rhode Island All All All All All
South Carolina All All All All None
South Dakota All None None None None
Tennessee All All All All None
Texas All All All All Some10
Utah 11 All All All Some
All
Vermont All All All All All
Virginia All All All All All
Washington All All All All Some7
West Virginia All All All All Some12
Wisconsin All All All All All
Wyoming All All All All All
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
DRAFT TABLES
Note: This table refers only to the largest groups of qualified aliens that entered the United States before August 22, 1996 and does not
address a few of the smaller groups of qualified aliens, including Cuban/Haitian entrants or aliens granted conditional entry prior to April 1,
1980.
* Data not obtained.
1 This table only identifies the eligibility for federally funded TANF assistance of certain groups of qualified aliens that entered the country
before August 22, 1996. It does not provide information on the eligibility of other nonqualified aliens that may be eligible for state-funded
assistance. Also, aliens are categorized by their current immigrant status (rather than their initial status upon entry into the United States, if
different).
2 Lawful permanent residents are defined as individuals who have been admitted into the United States permanently.
3 Asylees and refugees are immigrants who flee their countries due to persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or
membership in a social group. Refugees request permission to enter the country, while asylees are already in the United States and request
permission to stay.
4 Deportees are individuals granted a stay of deportation or who have had their deportation withheld.
5 Parolees are individuals permitted entry into the United States in cases of emergency or because of an overriding public interest. The table
only discusses the eligibility of aliens paroled into the United States for at least one year. Aliens paroled into the United States for less than
one year are not "qualified" aliens according to the immigrant definition in PRWORA.
6 Battered noncitizens refer to those individuals who meet the statutory definition of a battered alien pursuant to 8 USC 1641 (c).
7 Some battered noncitizens that meet the qualified alien definition.
8 Beginning in February, 1997 all immigrant units are funded through a state program with the same eligibility rules as the state's
PONO/TANF program. No immigrant units are eligible for federal TANF funding, however.
9 Qualified immigrants are only eligible for benefits for seven years beginning on the date they entered the United States.
10 Battered noncitizens who are the spouse or minor unmarried dependent child of a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident and do not live
with the family member who battered them are eligible.
11 Lawful permanent residents are not eligible for benefits for five years from the time they are granted legal status.
12A noncitizen that is a battered spouse or child of a veteran or a person on active duty in the U.S. armed forces is eligible.
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Table I.B.6 States Using State Funds to Help Noncitizens Who Entered after
Enactment and Are Ineligible for Federal TANF Assistance, July 2002
Qualified Aliens During their First Five Years in the Country1
State LPRs2 Parolees3 Battered Noncitizens4 Nonqualified Aliens5
Alabama — — — —
Alaska — — — X6
Arizona — X — —
Arkansas — — — —
California X X X X7
Colorado — — — X6
Connecticut8 X X X X9
Delaware — — X —
D.C. — — — —
Florida — — — —
Georgia X X X —
Hawaii X X X X6
Idaho — — — —
Illinois — — X X6
Indiana — — — —
Iowa — — — —
Kansas — — — —
Kentucky — — — —
Louisiana — — — —
Maine X X X —
Maryland X X X —
Massachusetts X10 X10 X X11
Michigan — — — —
Minnesota — — — X12
Mississippi — — — —
Missouri X X X X13
Montana — — — —
Nebraska X X X —
Nevada — — — —
New Hampshire — — — —
New Jersey — — X —
New Mexico X X X —
New York X X X —
North Carolina — — — —
North Dakota — — — X6
Ohio — — — —
Oklahoma — — — —
Oregon X X X X6
Pennsylvania X X X —
Rhode Island X X X —
South Carolina — — — —
South Dakota — — — —
Tennessee X X X X13
Texas — — — —
Utah X X X —
Vermont X X X X14
Virginia — — — —
Washington X X X X6
West Virginia — — X —
Wisconsin X X X —
Wyoming X X X —
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
DRAFT TABLES
Note: This table refers only to noncitizens who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996 and who are ineligible for federally
funded TANF assistance due to the five-year bar or to nonqualified status. Refugees/asylees and deportees are eligible for federal funding
during this time and therefore are not in this table.
1 Qualified aliens are defined under PRWORA as lawful permanent residents (includes Amerasians), refugees, asylees, individuals who have
had their deportation withheld, parolees admitted for one or more years, certain battered aliens, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and aliens granted
conditional entry before April 1, 1980.
2 Lawful permanent residents are defined as individuals who have been admitted into the United States permanently.
3 Parolees are individuals permitted entry into the United States in cases of emergency or because of an overriding public interest. The table
only discusses the eligibility of aliens paroled into the United States for at least one year. Aliens paroled into the United States for less than
one year are not "qualified" aliens according to the immigrant definition in PRWORA.
4 Battered noncitizens refer to those individuals who meet the statutory definition of a battered alien pursuant to 8 USC 1641 (c).
5 The groups of noncitizens listed here are not qualified aliens as defined by federal law; therefore, these groups would never be eligible for
most federally funded TANF benefits.
6 American Indians born in Canada.
7 All nonqualified aliens who are not one of the following: (1) nonimmigrant aliens lawfully admitted for a temporary purpose or temporary
residence, or (2) undocumented aliens.
8 Noncitizens must have resided in the United States for at least six months before being considered eligible for benefits. The residency
requirement does not apply to battered noncitizens, people with mental retardation, or noncitizen groups exempted by federal law.
9 Noncitizens with mental retardation, some American Indians born in Canada, and individuals permanently residing in the United States
under color of law (PRUCOL) as defined by the state.
10 To be eligible for benefits, these noncitizens must be engaged in efforts to become U.S. citizens and must have resided in Massachusetts for
at least six months.
11 Individuals permanently residing in the United States under color of law (PRUCOL) as defined by the state. To be eligible for benefits,
these noncitizens must be engaged in efforts to become U.S. citizens and must have resided in Massachusetts for at least six months.
12 Individuals with Temporary Protective Status, and some legal immigrants age 18-70 who have been in the state for four years and are
participating in literacy or citizenship classes.
13 Individuals permanently residing in the United States under color of law (PRUCOL) as defined by the state.
14 All nonqualified, noncitizens that are legally in the country are eligible for assistance.
DRAFT TABLES
Table I.B.7 State Practices Regarding Eligibility of Nonexempt, Post-PRWORA,
1
Qualified Aliens after Five Years, July 2002
Battered
State Lawful Permanent Residents2 Asylees/Refugees3 Deportees4 Parolees5 Noncitizens6
Alabama All None None None None
Alaska All All All All Some7
Arizona All 8 8 8 All
All All All
Arkansas None None None None None
California All All All All All
8 8
Colorado All All All All Some7
Connecticut All All All All All
Delaware All All All All All
D.C. All All All All All
Florida All All All All All
Georgia All All All All *
Hawaii9 All All All All All
Idaho None None None None All
Illinois All All All All Some7
Indiana None All All None None
Iowa All All All All All
Kansas All None None All None
Kentucky All All All All All
Louisiana All All All All All
Maine All All All All All
Maryland All All All All All
Massachusetts All All All All All
Michigan All All None All All
Minnesota All All All All All
Mississippi None None None None None
Missouri All All All All All
Montana None All10 All10 All Some11
Nebraska All All All All All
Nevada All None None All None
New Hampshire All All All All All
New Jersey All12 All All All All
New Mexico All All All All All
New York All All All All Some7
North Carolina All All All All Some7
North Dakota All All All All None
Ohio All All All All All
Oklahoma All All All All All
Oregon All All All All All
Pennsylvania All All All All All
Rhode Island All All All All All
South Carolina All All None All None
South Dakota All All All All All
Tennessee All All All All None
Texas None None None None Some11
Utah All All All All Some
Vermont All All All All All
Virginia All All All None All
Washington All All All All All
West Virginia All All All All All
Wisconsin All All All All All
Wyoming All None None All All
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
DRAFT TABLES
Note: This table refers only to the largest groups of qualified aliens who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996. It does not
address a few of the smaller groups of qualified aliens, including Cuban/Haitian entrants or aliens granted conditional entry before April 1,
1980.
* Data not obtained.
1 This table only identifies the eligibility for federally funded TANF assistance of certain groups of qualified aliens after the expiration of the
five-year bar. It does not provide information on the eligibility of other nonqualified aliens who may be eligible for state-funded assistance.
Aliens are categorized by their current immigrant status (rather than their initial status upon entry into the United States, if different).
2 Lawful permanent residents are defined as individuals who have been admitted into the United States permanently.
3 Asylees and refugees are immigrants who flee their countries due to persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or
membership in a social group. Refugees request permission to enter the country, while asylees are already in the United States and request
permission to stay.
4 Deportees are individuals granted a stay of deportation or who have had their deportation withheld.
5 Parolees are individuals permitted entry into the United States in cases of emergency or because of an overriding public interest. The table
only discusses the eligibility of aliens paroled into the United States for at least one year. Aliens paroled into the United States for less than
one year are not "qualified" aliens according to the immigrant definition in PRWORA.
6 Battered noncitizens refer to those individuals who meet the statutory definition of a battered alien pursuant to 8 USC 1641 (c).
7 Some battered immigrants who meet the qualified alien definition.
8 Aliens with this immigrant status are only potentially eligible for assistance during their first seven years in the country following entry.
9 Beginning in February 1997, all immigrant units are funded through a state program with the same eligibility rules as the state's
PONO/TANF program. No immigrant units are eligible for federal TANF funding, however.
10 Qualified immigrants are only eligible for benefits for seven years beginning on the date they entered the United States.
11 Battered noncitizens who are the spouse or minor unmarried dependent child of a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident and do not live
with the family member who battered them are eligible.
12 Aliens who were not continuous residents of the United States (meaning they left the United States for 30 days or more) before becoming
Lawful Permanent Residents are ineligible for benefits.
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Table I.C.1 Asset Limits for Applicants, July 2002
State Asset Limit Vehicle Exemption
Alabama 1 All Vehicles Owned by Household
$2,000/3,000
Alaska $2,000/3,0001 One Vehicle per Household2
Arizona $2,000 One Vehicle per Household
Arkansas $3,000 One Vehicle per Household
California $2,000/3,0001 $4,650E
Colorado $2,000 $4,5003F
Connecticut $3,000 $9,5004E
Delaware $1,000 $4,650E
D.C. 5 All Vehicles Owned by Household
$2,000/3,000
Florida $2,000 $8,500E
Georgia $1,000 $1,500/4,6506E
Hawaii $5,000 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Idaho $2,000 $4,650 7F
Illinois 8 One Vehicle per Household
$2,000/3,000/+50
Indiana $1,000 $5,000E
Iowa $2,000 $4,115E per Vehicle for Each Adult and Working Teenager
Kansas $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Kentucky $2,000 9 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Louisiana $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Maine $2,000 One Vehicle per Household
Maryland $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Massachusetts $2,500 $10,000F/5,00010E
Michigan $3,000 All Vehicles Owned by Household
Minnesota $2,000 $7,500E
Mississippi $2,000 One Vehicle per Household11
Missouri $1,000 One Vehicle per Household12
Montana $3,000 One Vehicle per Household13
14
Nebraska $4,000/6,000 One Vehicle per Household15
Nevada $2,000 One Vehicle per Household
New Hampshire $1,000 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver
New Jersey $2,000 $9,500 16F
17
New Mexico $3,500 One Vehicle per Household18
New York $2,000/3,0001 $4,650 19F
North Carolina $3,000 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver
North Dakota $3,000/6,000/+2520 One Vehicle per Household
Ohio 21 All Vehicles Owned by Household
No Limit
Oklahoma $1,000 $5,000E
22
Oregon $2,500 $10,000E
Pennsylvania $1,000 One Vehicle per Household
Rhode Island $1,000 $4,650F/1,50023E
South Carolina $2,500 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver24
South Dakota $2,000 One Vehicle per Household25
Tennessee $2,000 $4,600E
5
Texas $2,000/3,000 $4,650/15,00026F
Utah $2,000 $8,000 27E
Vermont $1,000 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver
Virginia
VIEW $1,000 $7,500 28F/E
All, except VIEW $1,000 $1,500E
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Table I.C.1 Asset Limits for Applicants, July 2002
State Asset Limit Vehicle Exemption
Washington $1,000 $5,000 27E
West Virginia $2,000 One Vehicle per Household
Wisconsin $2,500 $10,000E
Wyoming $2,500 $12,000 29F
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
E Equity value of the vehicle.
F Fair market value of the vehicle.
1 Units including a member age 60 years and over may exempt $3,000; all other units exempt $2,000.
2 Vehicles used as a home, to produce self-employment income, to transport a disabled family member, or to participate in an approved work
activity are also exempt.
3 One vehicle per household is exempt if equipped for a handicapped person, used to obtain medical treatment, or used for employment.
4 The unit may exempt $9,500 of the equity value of a vehicle or the entire value of one vehicle used to transport a handicapped person.
5 Households including an elderly or disabled person may exempt $3,000. All other units exempt $2,000.
6 If the vehicle is used to look for work, travel to work, or education and training the unit may exclude $4,650 of the value. If the vehicle is
not used for these purposes, $1,500 of the equity value will be excluded. If the vehicle is used more than 50 percent of the time to produce
income or as a dwelling, it is totally excluded.
7 The value of one specially equipped vehicle used to transport a disabled family member is exempt. Also, all vehicles with a fair market
value under $1,500 are exempt.
8 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $2,000, two people receive $3,000, and three or more people receive another $50
for every additional person.
9 Only liquid resources are considered for eligibility determinations. Liquid resources include cash, checking and savings accounts, CDs,
stocks and bonds, and money market accounts.
10 The state compares the value of the vehicle to two standards: $10,000 of the fair market value and $5,000 of the equity value. If the value
of the vehicle exceeds either limit, the excess counts towards the asset limit; however, if the value of the vehicle exceeds both limits, only the
excess of the greater amount counts toward the asset limit.
11 $4,650 of the fair market value of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
12 $1,500 of the equity value of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
13 All income-producing vehicles are also exempt.
14 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $4,000, two or more people receive $6,000.
15 The entire vehicle is exempt only if used for employment, training, or medical transportation; any motor vehicle used as a home is also
exempt.
16 Units with two adults may exempt up to $4,650 of the fair market value of a second vehicle if it is essential for work, training, or
transportation of a handicapped individual.
17 The total limit is $3,500; however, only $1,500 of that amount can be in liquid resources and only $2,000 can be in nonliquid resources.
Liquid resources include the (convertible) cash value of life insurance policies, cash, stocks, bonds, negotiable notes, purchase contracts and
other similar assets. Nonliquid resources include a second vehicle, equipment, tools, livestock (with the exception of nonsalable domestic
pets), one-time sale asset conversion, and lump-sum payments.
18 When public transportation is available, the value of one vehicle is exempt. When public transportation is not available, the value of one
vehicle per participant involved in work activities is exempt.
19 If the vehicle is needed to seek or retain employment, $9,300 of the vehicle is exempt.
20 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $3,000, two people receive $6,000, and another $25 is allowed for each additional
person thereafter.
21 Ohio has eliminated the asset test.
22 There is more than one phase of the application process in Oregon. The asset limit for applicants first applying for TANF is $2,500. If the
applicant makes it through the first stage of application, he or she must participate in the Assessment Program in which he or she is assessed
and given a case plan to follow. If the applicant does not follow the case plan, he or she maintains the $2,500 assest limit as long as he or she
is in the Assessment Program. If the applicant complies with the case plan, he or she is allowed a $10,000 asset limit.
23 A unit may exempt $4,650 of the fair market value of a vehicle. After this exemption, if the remaining amount of the value of the vehicle
disqualifies the unit from assistance, $1,500 of the equity value of the vehicle is exempted. The entire value of a vehicle to provide necessary
transportation of a disabled family member may be exempted.
24 Vehicles owned by or used to transport disabled individuals, essential to self-employment, income-producing vehicles, and vehicles used as
a home are also exempt.
25 In addition to one primary vehicle, an assistance unit may totally exclude a vehicle used to transport water or fuel to the home when it is not
piped in, a vehicle used to transport a disabled member or SSI recipient in household, a vehicle used in producing income or as a home; an
assistance unit may also exclude $4,650 of the fair market value of a vehicle used to transport members of the unit for education or
employment.
26 $4,650 is exempt for each vehicle owned by a TANF-certified or disqualified household member and $15,000 is exempt for one vehicle
owned by a two-parent family. All licensed vehicles used for income-producing purposes are exempt.
27 The entire equity value of a vehicle used to transport a disabled household member is also exempt.
28 If the fair market value of the vehicle is greater than $7,500, the equity value greater than $1,500 is counted in the resource limit.
29 The $12,000 exemption applies to one vehicle for a single-parent unit and to two vehicles for a married couple.
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29 The $12,000 exemption applies to one vehicle for a single-parent unit and to two vehicles for a married couple.
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Table I.D.1 Treatment of Grandparent Income, July 2002
Earned Income
State Deeming Disregard Other Income Disregard
Alabama Yes 20% 100% of Countable Income Divided by the Number of Persons in the Household
(Inside and Outside of the Unit That the Grandparent Is Responsible for) Times the
Family Size2
Alaska Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Arizona Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
Arkansas No —- —
California Yes 3 100% of Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care for the Family Size
$90
Colorado Yes * *
Connecticut Yes — 100% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size
Delaware No4 — 100% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size5
D.C. Yes $90 100% of Standard of Assistance for the Family Size
Florida Yes $90 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Georgia Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
Hawaii Yes 20% 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
Idaho No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Illinois Yes $90 300% of Payment Standard for the Family Size
Indiana Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
Iowa Yes 20% 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size and 50% of the Remaining Earnings
Kansas No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Kentucky Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
Louisiana No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Maine Yes $108, 50% 100% of Gross Income Test for the Family Size
Maryland No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Massachusetts Yes —- 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size
Michigan No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Minnesota Yes 18% 200% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size
Mississippi Yes $90 100% of Need Standard and Payment Standard for the Family Size
Missouri Yes —- 100% of the Federal Poverty Level for Dependent Children and 100% of Need
Standard for the Family Size
Montana No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Nebraska Yes —- 300% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size
Nevada Yes Greater of $90 or 20% 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
New Hampshire Yes 20% 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
New Jersey Yes6 50% —-
New Mexico Yes —- 130% of the Federal Poverty Level for the Family Size
New York Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
North Carolina No+ —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
North Dakota Yes Greater of $180 or 27% 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
Ohio Yes $90 100% of Allocation Allowance Standard for the Family Size
Oklahoma Yes $120 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
Oregon Yes $90 100% of Adjustable Income/Payment Standard for the Family Size
Pennsylvania Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
Rhode Island Yes $90 100% of Cash Assistance Monthly Standard for the Family Size
South Carolina Yes —- 185% of Need Standard for the Family Size
South Dakota Yes $90, 20% 100% of Payment Standard for the Family Size
Tennessee Yes $150 100% of Consolidated Need Standard for the Grandparent and All In-House
Dependents
Texas Yes $120 100% of Budgetary Needs Standard for the Family Size
Utah Yes $100 100% of Adjusted Standard Needs Budget for the Family Size
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Table I.D.1 Treatment of Grandparent Income, July 2002
Earned Income
State Deeming Disregard Other Income Disregard
Vermont No —- —
Virginia Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for the Family Size
Washington Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for the Family Size
West Virginia No + —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Wisconsin No + —- (Grandparent Is Always Included in Unit)
Wyoming Yes $200 100% of Maximum Benefit for the Family Size
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: "Family Size" represents the grandparent and all dependents outside of the assistance unit. In general, states also deduct child support
payments, alimony, and payments made to dependents outside of the household from the grandparent's income before deeming to the unit. See
Table I.E.3 for information on the value of the standards for a family of three.
The table describes the treatment of grandparent’s income for applicant units. If different policies are used for recipient units, it is footnoted.
* Data not obtained.
+ There is no deeming because the grandparent must be included in the unit in order for the minor to receive benefits. Therefore, all of the
grandparent's income is included for eligibility purposes.
1 In this table, the term "grandparent" refers to the parent of a minor parent. This table describes whether a portion of the grandparent's (a parent
of a minor parent's) income is deemed available to the minor and her child when the grandparent is not part of the assistance unit but living in the
household with the minor. The table describes the disregards that the grandparent and his or her dependents are allowed to claim for their own
needs. The remaining income after these disregards are deducted from the grandparent's income is the amount available, or "deemed," to the
minor parent and her children.
2 The grandparent's remaining income after deductions is divided by the total number of dependents who do not receive assistance plus the
grandparent and her child applying for assistance (the minor child's child is not included in this calculation). This amount is deemed and the
remainder is allocated to the grandparent.
3 Recipient units may disregard $225 and 50 percent of the remainder.
4 Children born after December 31, 1998 to minors are not eligible for cash assistance. The minor may still be eligible for assistance as part of
her parent's assistance unit. In these cases, there is no deeming. For minors with children born before December 31, 1998, their parents must
apply on behalf of the minor parent and the minor parent's child. If the grandparent does not want to be included in the unit, the state does not
include the grandparent's needs for eligibility or benefit computation; however, a deemed portion of their income (as specified above) is counted
for eligibility and benefit computation. The grandparent must also act as the head of the unit and receive the payments for his or her child and
grandchild.
5 Recipient units may disregard 200 percent of the federal poverty level for the grandparents and dependents outside the unit.
6 Income is deemed to a minor parent unit even if they are not living in the home with the grandparent. The rules for deeming are the same.
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unit. See
ndparent's (a parent
it but living in the
above) is counted
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Table I.D.2 Treatment of Stepparent Income, July 2002
Earned Income
State Deeming Disregard Other Income Disregards
Alabama No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Alaska Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Arizona Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size1
Arkansas No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
California Yes —-2 —-2
Colorado Yes 66.7% 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Connecticut Yes —- 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Delaware Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
D.C. No —- —-
Florida Yes $90 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Georgia Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for Family Size
Hawaii Yes 20% 100% of Standard of Need for Family Size
Idaho Yes — 50% of Stepparent's Earned and Unearned income
Illinois Yes $90 300% of Payment Standard for Family Size
Indiana Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Iowa Yes 20% 100% of Need Standard for Family Size and 50% of Remaining Earnings 3
Kansas No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Kentucky Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for Family Size
Louisiana No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Maine Yes $108, 50% 100% of Gross Income Test for Family Size
Maryland Yes4 20% 100% of Allowable Payment for Family Size5
Massachusetts Yes $90 100% of Need Standard and Payment Standard for Family Size
Michigan No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Minnesota No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Mississippi Yes $90 100% of Need Standard and Payment Standard for Family Size
Missouri Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Montana No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Nebraska No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Nevada Yes Greater of $90 or 20% 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
New Hampshire No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
New Jersey Yes —-6 —-6
New Mexico No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
New York Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
North Carolina No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
North Dakota Yes Greater of $180 or 27%7 100% of Standard of Need for Family Size
Ohio Yes $90 100% of Allocation Allowance Standard for Family Size
Oklahoma Yes $120 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Oregon No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Pennsylvania Yes $90 100% of Need Standard for Family Size
Rhode Island No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
South Carolina No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
South Dakota No+8 —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Tennessee Yes $150 100% of Consolidated Need Standard for Family Size
Texas Yes $120 100% of Budgetary Needs Standard for Family Size
Utah No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Vermont No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Virginia Yes $90 100% of Standard of Need for Family Size9
Washington No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
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Table I.D.2 Treatment of Stepparent Income, July 2002
Earned Income
State Deeming Disregard Other Income Disregards
West Virginia No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Wisconsin No+ —- (Stepparent Always Included in the Unit)
Wyoming Yes $200 100% of Maximum Benefit for the Family Size
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: "Family Size" represents the stepparent and all dependents outside of the assistance unit. In general, states also deduct child support
payments, alimony, and payments made to dependents outside of the household from the stepparent's income before deeming to the unit. See
Table I.E.3 for information on the value of the standards for a family of three.
These policies apply to units in which the stepparent is not a part of the assistance unit but is living in the household.
Unless otherwise noted, the stepparent's income is deemed to the spouse and the spouse's dependents.
+ There is no deeming because the stepparent must be included in the unit. Therefore, all of the stepparent's income is included for eligibility
purposes.
1 The stepparent's income is deemed only to the stepchild(ren) in the unit.
2 If the stepparent is not included in the unit, all of his or her countable income is counted for eligibility and benefit computation; however, his or
her needs are not included.
3 Deduct all child support payments and payments made to dependents outside the household before applying the 50 percent disregard.
4 The stepparent's countable income is tested against 50 percent of the federal poverty level for a household size that includes the stepparent, the
members of the assistance unit, and any other dependents not in the unit. When the income is below 50 percent of the federal poverty level, no
income is deemed to the unit. When the income is over 50 percent of the federal poverty level, all of the stepparent's income minus deductions is
deemed to the unit.
5 Deduct all child support, alimony, and child care paid to someone outside the household up to a maximum of $200 per child if employed full-
time and up to $100 per child if employed part-time (full-time is defined as 100 hours or more per month) before applying this disregard.
6 The stepparent is not required to be a member of the unit if his or her income makes the unit ineligible for benefits. If the stepparent chooses not
to receive assistance, the unit becomes a child-only unit and the stepparent’s income is treated as follows: (1) For determining the eligibility of the
unit the income of all household members, including the natural parent, his or her children, the stepparent, and any children the stepparent can
claim as dependents, is used to determine the children’s eligibility for assistance. If total household income is below 150 percent of the Federal
Poverty Line, the assistance unit is eligible for benefits. (2) For determining the benefits, all of the income of the stepparent is excluded.
However, the natural parent's earned income is reduced by the 50 percent earnings disregard, and by the payment benefit level for a unit of one.
All remaining income of the natural parent is used in determining the benefits for the children.
7 For the first six months of a new marriage, all stepparent income is disregarded, provided the parent was previously receiving benefits.
8 An Indian stepparent in Indian country who is under exclusive jurisdiction of a tribe for the purposes of determining the domestic relations rights
of the family has the option of being included in the assistance unit.
9 The stepparent's income is deemed only to the spouse.
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percent of the federal poverty level, all of the stepparent's income minus deductions is
epparent chooses not
) For determining the eligibility of the
ic relations rights
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Note: "No Explicit
Income that either the state imposes no income tests on applicants or 2002
Table I.E.1 Test" indicatesEligibility Tests for Applicants, Julythe state does impose an
State Type of Test Income Must be Less Than
Alabama Net Income 100% of Payment Standard
Alaska Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Arizona Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Arkansas Net Income 100% of Income Eligibility Standard
California Net Income 100% of Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care
Colorado Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Connecticut Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Unearned Income 100% of Payment Standard
Delaware Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Maximum Benefit
D.C. Net Income 100% Payment Level
Florida Gross Income 185% of Federal Poverty Level
Net Income 100% of Payment Standard
Georgia Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Net Income 100% of Standard of Need
Hawaii Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Net Income 100% of Standard of Need
Idaho No Explicit Tests —-
Illinois Net Income 100% of Payment Standard
Indiana Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Net Income Standard
Iowa Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Kansas Net Income 100% of Budgetary Standards
Kentucky Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Louisiana Net Income 100% of Flat Grant Amount
Maine Gross Income 100% of Gross Income Test
Maryland Net Income 100% of Allowable Payment
Massachusetts Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and Payment Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard and Payment Standard
Michigan No Explicit Tests —-
Minnesota Net Income 100% of Transitional Standard
Mississippi Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and Payment Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard and Payment Standard
Missouri Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Montana Gross Income 185% of Benefit Standard
Nebraska No Explicit Tests —-
Nevada Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
New Hampshire Net Income 100% of Payment Standard
New Jersey Gross Income 150% of Maximum Benefit Payment Schedule
New Mexico Gross Income 85% of Federal Poverty Level
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Table I.E.1 Income Eligibility Tests for Applicants, July 2002
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State Type of Test Income Must be Less Than
New York Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and 100% of 1996 Federal Poverty Level
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
North Carolina No Explicit Tests —-
North Dakota No Explicit Tests —-
Ohio Net Income 100% of Allocation Allowance Standard
Oklahoma Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Oregon
All, except JOBS Plus Gross Income 100% of Countable Income Limit
JOBS Plus Gross Income 100% of Food Stamp Countable Income Limit
Pennsylvania Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Rhode Island No Explicit Tests —-
South Carolina Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
South Dakota No Explicit Tests —-
Tennessee Gross Income 185% of Consolidated Need Standard
Texas Net Income 100% of Budgetary Needs Standard1
Net Income 100% of Recognizable Needs2
Utah Gross Income 185% of Adjusted Standard Needs Budget
Net Income 100% of Adjusted Standard Needs Budget
Vermont Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Virginia
VIEW3 Gross Earnings 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Unearned Income 100% of Standard of Need
All, except VIEW Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Net Income 90% of Standard of Need
Washington Gross Earnings 100% of Maximum Earned Income Limit
West Virginia Gross Income 100% of Standard of Need
Wisconsin Gross Income 115% of Federal Poverty Level
Wyoming No Explicit Tests —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: "No Explicit Test" indicates that either the state imposes no income tests on applicants or the state does impose an
income test, but the calculation of the test and disregards allowed for the test are no different from those used to calculate the
benefit. See Table I.E.3 for information on the value of the standards for a family of three.
1 Applyonly the $120 disregard for this test.
2 Applyboth the $120 disregard and the 33.3 percent disregard for this test.
3 Two-parent units' gross earned income must be below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level and their unearned income
must be below 100 percent of Standard of Need.
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Notes: Only earned income disregards are described in the table. Child care disregards and other special disregards, such as
Table I.E.2 Earned Income Disregards for Income Eligibility Purposes, July 2002
State Earned Income Disregard
Alabama 20%
Alaska $90 1
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART $90 and 30% of Remainder
JOBSTART 100% of Subsidized Wages
Arkansas 20%2
California $90
Colorado $90
Connecticut $90
Delaware $90
D.C. $160
Florida $90 3
Georgia $90
Hawaii 20%, $200, and 36% of Remainder
Idaho No Explicit Net Income Test
Illinois $90
Indiana $904
Iowa 20%
Kansas $90
Kentucky No Explicit Net Income Test
Louisiana $120
Maine No Explicit Net Income Test
Maryland 20%
Massachusetts $90
Michigan No Explicit Net Income Test
Minnesota 18%
Mississippi $90 5
Missouri $90
Montana No Explicit Net Income Test
Nebraska No Explicit Net Income Test
Nevada $90 or 20%, Whichever Is Greater
New Hampshire 20%
New Jersey No Explicit Net Income Test
New Mexico All Earnings in Excess of 34 Hours per Week, $125 and 50% of Remainder 6
New York $90
North Carolina No Explicit Net Income Test
North Dakota No Explicit Net Income Test
Ohio No Disregards Allowed
Oklahoma $120
Oregon No Explicit Net Income Test
Pennsylvania $90
Rhode Island No Explicit Net Income Test
South Carolina No Disregards Allowed
South Dakota No Explicit Net Income Test
Tennessee No Explicit Net Income Test
Texas $120 and 33.3% of Remainder7
Utah $100 8
Vermont $90
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Table I.E.2 Earned Income Disregards for Income Eligibility Purposes, July 2002
State Earned Income Disregard
Virginia
VIEW No Explicit Net Income Test
All, except VIEW $90
Washington No Explicit Net Income Test
West Virginia No Explicit Net Income Test
Wisconsin No Net Income Test
Wyoming No Explicit Net Income Test
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: Only earned income disregards are described in the table. Childcare disregards and other special disregards, such as deductions for units subject to
a time limit or a family cap are not included.
"No Explicit Net Income Test" indicates that either the state imposes no net income test at application or does impose a net income test, but the calculation
of the test and disregards allowed for the test are no different from those used to calculate the benefit.
"No Disregards Allowed" indicates that the state does have a test for initial eligibility but does not allow units to disregard any income.
The table describes the disregards used for both applicant and recipient eligibility purposes; however, if different policies are applied to applicants and
recipients, the policies in the table apply to applicants and the recipients' policies are footnoted.
1 Recipients may disregard $150 and 33 percent of remainder in first 12 months, $150 and 25 percent of remainder in months 13-24, $150 and 20 percent
of remainder in months 25-36, $150 and 15 percent of remainder in months 37-48, $150 and 10 percent of remainder in months 49-60, and $150
thereafter. Recipients include any units who have received assistance in one of the previous four months.
2 Recipients may disregard 20 percent and 60 percent of remainder.
3 Recipient units (defined as units receiving assistance in one of the last four months) may disregard $200 and 50 percent.
4 Recipients may disregard $120 and 33.3 percent of remainder for first four months, $120 next eight months, and $90 thereafter.
5 Two-parent units may disregard $120 and 33.3 percent.
6 Two-parent units may disregard all earnings in excess of 35 hours a week for one parent and 24 hours a week for the other parent and $225 and 50
percent in the first 24 months. Thereafter, they may disregard $225 and 50 percent of the remainder. The disregard for earnings in excess of the
participation requirement only applies to recipients for the first 24 months of benefit receipt, for both single- and two-parent units.
7 Recipients may disregard $120 and 90 percent of remainder (up to $1,400) for four of twelve months. The four months need not be consecutive. Once
the recipient has received four months of the 90 percent disregard, he or she is not eligible to receive the disregard again until the TANF case has been
denied and remains denied for one full month, and 12 calendar months have passed since the denial. The 12-month ineligibility period begins with the
first full month of denial after the client used the fourth month of the 90 percent disregard. In all other months, recipients may disregard $120.
8 Recipients may disregard $100 and 50 percent of remainder. However, in order to be eligible for the 50 percent disregard the unit must have received
benefits in at least one of the previous four months.
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ns for units subject to
ome test, but the calculation
percent
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Table I.E.3 Eligibility Standards, July 2002
State State Name Amount for Family of Three
Alabama Payment Standard $164
Alaska Need Standard $1,186
Arizona Need Standard $964
Arkansas Income Eligibility Standard $223
California Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care $859
Colorado Need Standard $421
Connecticut Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard $745
Payment Standard $543
Delaware Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard $915
Maximum Benefit $338
D.C. Standard of Assistance $712
Payment Level $379
Florida Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Payment Standard $303
Georgia Standard of Need $424
Hawaii Standard of Need $1,140
Idaho —- —-
Illinois Payment Standard $396
Indiana Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard $320
Net Income Standard $288
Iowa Need Standard $849
Kansas Budgetary Standards $429
Kentucky Standard of Need $526
Louisiana Flat Grant Amount $240
Maine Gross Income Test $1,023
Maryland Allowable Payment $472
Massachusetts
Exempt Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard and Payment Standard $633
Nonexempt Need Standard and Payment Standard $618
Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Michigan —- —-
Minnesota Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Transitional Standard $831
Mississippi Need Standard and Payment Standard $368
Missouri Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard $846
Montana Benefit Standard $507
Nebraska Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Nevada Need Standard $896
New Hampshire Standard of Need $2,440
Payment Standard $625
New Jersey Maximum Benefit Payment Schedule $424
New Mexico Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Need Standard $389
New York 1996 Federal Poverty Level $1,082
Need Standard $577
North Carolina —- —-
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Table I.E.3 Eligibility Standards, July 2002
State State Name Amount for Family of Three
North Dakota Standard of Need $477
Ohio Allocation Allowance Standard $980
Oklahoma Need Standard $645
Oregon
All, except JOBS Plus Countable Income Limit $616
Adjusted Income/Payment Standard $460
JOBS Plus Food Stamp Countable Income Limit $1,585
Pennsylvania Need Standard $587
Rhode Island Cash Assistance Monthly Standard $554
South Carolina Need Standard $609
South Dakota Payment Standard $483
Tennessee Consolidated Need Standard $859
Texas Budgetary Needs Standard $751
Recognizable Needs $188
Utah Adjusted Standard Needs Budget $568
Vermont Need Standard $1,251
Virginia Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Standard of Need $322
Washington Maximum Earned Income Limit $1,092
Need Standard $1,247
West Virginia Standard of Need $991
Wisconsin Federal Poverty Level $1,252
Wyoming Maximum Benefit $340
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: The amounts in this table represent all standards used during the eligibility process, including those used for grandparent d eeming,
stepparent deeming, applicant income eligibility tests, and recipient income eligibility tests. See Tables I.D. 1, I.D.2, I.E.1, and IV.A.4 for
more information on how these standards are used. Note, this table provides information on the standards only; in order to d etermine how the
standards are applied, see the companion tables listed above.
The amounts in the table are based on the following assumptions about the assistance unit: there is one adult and two childre n, the children are
not subject to a family cap, the unit has no special needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the sta te.
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1
Table I.E.4 Maximum Income for Initial Eligibility for a Family of Three, July
2002
Maximum Earnings an Applicant Can Receive and Still Be
State Eligible for Assistance
Alabama $205
Alaska $1,276
Arizona $586
Arkansas $279
California $949
Colorado $511
Connecticut $835
Delaware $428
D.C. $539
Florida $393
Georgia $514
Hawaii $1,641 2
Idaho $648
Illinois $486
Indiana $378
Iowa $1,061
Kansas $519
Kentucky $909
Louisiana $360
Maine $1,023
Maryland $590
Massachusetts
Exempt $723
Nonexempt $708
Michigan $774
Minnesota $1,013
Mississippi $458
Missouri $558
Montana $876
Nebraska $732
Nevada $1,120
New Hampshire $781
New Jersey $636
New Mexico $1,061 3
New York $667
North Carolina $750
North Dakota $1,252
Ohio $980
Oklahoma $704
Oregon $616
Pennsylvania $677
Rhode Island $1,278
South Carolina $609
South Dakota $693
Tennessee $1,008
Texas $401
Utah $573
Vermont $1,000
Virginia
VIEW $1,252
All, except VIEW $380
Washington $1,092
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1
Table I.E.4 Maximum Income for Initial Eligibility for a Family of Three, July
2002
Maximum Earnings an Applicant Can Receive and Still Be
State Eligible for Assistance
West Virginia $753
Wisconsin ---4
Wyoming $540
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Initial eligibility is calculated assuming that the unit is employed at application, has only earned income, has no child care expenses,
contains one adult and no children subject to a family cap, has no special needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the
state.
All amounts are rounded up to the nearest dollar.
1 The amounts in this table represent the maximum amount of earnings an applicant can have and still be “technically” eligible for assistance in
each state. Technical eligibility does not mean that the unit will necessarily receive a cash benefit, but they will have passed all of the
eligibility tests and are eligible for some positive amount. The amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar, so in some cases the family
may be able to earn slightly less than the amount in the table and in other cases it may be able to earn slightly more. Note that most states only
distribute a cash benefit if it is over $10.
2 Applies to units that have received assistance for no more than two months in a lifetime. For units applying for their third and subsequent
months of benefits, the eligibility threshold for a family of three is $1,362.
3 For purposes of the state's earned income disregard, the adult head is assumed to be working 40 hours a week.
4 Units with full-time employment (generally greater than 30 hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
to provide prorated benefits to Community Service Jobs participants who are also employed part-time at an unsubsidized job. These eligibility
determinations are made on a case-by-case basis. Recipients may earn up to $1,440 and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance, however.
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assistance in
at most states only
hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
se eligibility
and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance, however.
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Notes: Only earned income disregards are described in the table. Child care disregards and other special disregards, such
Table II.A.1 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, July 2002
State Earned Income Disregards
Alabama 100% in first 3 consecutive months, 20% thereafter
Alaska $150 and 33% of remainder in first 12 months, $150 and 25% of remainder in months 13-24, $150 and 20% of
remainder in months 25-36, $150 and 15% of remainder in months 37-48, $150, 10% of remainder in months 49-
60, $150 thereafter1
Arizona $90 and 30% of remainder
Arkansas No disregards- flat grant amount
California $225 dollars and 50% of remainder
Colorado 66.7% in first 12 months, $120 and 33.3% of remainder in next 4 months, $120 in next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Connecticut 100% of the federal poverty level
Delaware $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 months, $120 in next 8 months, $90 thereafter
D.C. $160 and 66.7% of remainder
Florida $200 and 50% of remainder
Georgia $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 months, $120 in next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Hawaii 20%, $200, and 36% of remainder
Idaho 40%
Illinois 66.7%
Indiana No disregards- flat grant amount
Iowa 20% and 50% of remainder
Kansas $90 and 40% of remainder
Kentucky 100% in first 2 months,2 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in next 4 months, $120 in next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Louisiana $1,020 for 6 months, $120 thereafter
Maine $108 and 50% of remainder
Maryland 35%
Massachusetts
Exempt $120 and 33.3% of remainder
Nonexempt $120 and 50% of remainder
Michigan $200 and 20% of remainder
Minnesota 38%
Mississippi 100% in first 6 months, $90 thereafter3
Missouri 66.7% and $90 of remainder in first 12 months, $90 thereafter 4
Montana $200 and 25% of remainder
Nebraska 20%
Nevada 100% in first 3 months, 50% in months 4-12, $90 or 20%(whichever is greater) thereafter
New Hampshire 50%
New Jersey 100% in first month, 50% thereafter5
New Mexico All earnings in excess of 34 hours per week, $125 and 50% of remainder in first 24 months, $125 and 50% of
remainder thereafter6
New York $90 and 50% of remainder
North Carolina 100% in first 3 months of employment,7 27.5% thereafter
North Dakota $180 or 27% (whichever is greater) and 50% of remainder in first 6 months, $180 or 27% (whichever is greater)
and 35% of remainder in months 7-9, $180 or 27% (whichever is greater) and 25% of remainder in months 10-13,
and $180 or 27% (whichever is greater) thereafter8
Ohio $250 and 50% of remainder
Oklahoma $120 and 50% of remainder
Oregon 50%
Pennsylvania 50%
Rhode Island $170 and 50% of remainder9
South Carolina 50% in first 4 months, $100 thereafter
South Dakota $90 and 20% of remainder
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Table II.A.1 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, July 2002
State Earned Income Disregards
Tennessee $150
Texas $120 and 90% of remainder (up to $1,400) for 4 out of 12 months, $120 thereafter 10
Utah $100 and 50% of remainder11
Vermont $150 and 25% of remainder
Virginia $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Washington 50%
West Virginia 40%
Wisconsin No disregards- flat grant amount
Wyoming $200 12
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: Only earned income disregards are described in the table. Child care disregards and other special disregards, such as deductions for units
subject to a time limit or family cap, are not included.
The table describes the earned income disregards used to compute a recipient's benefit. If different disregards are used to compute an applicant's
first-month benefit, they are footnoted.
When no duration is specified for the disregards, they remain for the entire period of receipt.
1 This disregard is also applied to applicants who have received assistance in one of the previous four months.
2 Recipients are eligible for the one-time 100 percent disregard if they become newly employed or report increased wages acquired after approval.
3 Recipients are eligible for the one-time 100 percent disregard if they find employment of 35 hours per week within the first 30 days following initial
approval for TANF. If work is not found within 30 days, the recipient is ineligible to ever receive the disregard again. An additional 100 percent
disregard is available to units for three months when the unit's case is subject to closure due to increased earnings and the individual is employed for
at least 25 hours per week at the federal minimum wage or higher. The recipient may not have already received the six-month disregard, unless there
has been at least a 12-month break in receipt of TANF benefits. The three-month disregard may be received more than once during the 60-month
TANF benefit period, provided that there is a period of at least 12 consecutive months in which a family does not receive TANF benefits before the
family reapplies for assistance. Two-parent units may disregard 100 percent of earnings for the first six months, $120 and 33.3 percent of remainder
in the next 12 months, and $90 thereafter.
4 These disregards only apply to recipients who become employed while receiving TANF. Applicants and those recipients who gained employment
before receiving TANF are allowed to disregard $120 and 33.3 percent of remainder for first four months, $120 next eight months, $90 thereafter.
5 The 100 percent disregard is only applicable once every 12 months, even if employment is lost and then regained. Also, applicants are not eligible
for the 100 percent disregard in the first month of benefit computation; they may disregard 50 percent of earnings only.
6 Two-parent units may disregard all earnings in excess of 35 hours a week for one parent and 24 hours a week for the other parent and $225 and 50
percent in the first 24 months. Thereafter, they may disregard $225 and 50 percent of the remainder. The disregard for earnings in excess of the
participation requirement only applies to recipients for the first 24 months of benefit receipt, for both single- and two-parent units.
7 The 100 percent disregard is only available once in a lifetime and may be received only if the recipient is newly employed at a job that is expected
to be permanent for more than 20 hours a week.
8 If a household member receives the 50 percent disregard for four consecutive months, the remaining months of the 12-month disregard cycle
continue regardless of employment status. If a household member receives the 50 percent disregard for less than four months, the 12-month cycle
begins again at 50 percent upon re-employment. If a household member receives the 50 percent disregard and voluntarily terminates employment
without good cause, the remaining months of the 12-month cycle continue as if the individual was employed.
9 A $90 disregard is applied to the earned income of a parent who has reached his or her lifetime time limit.
10 The four months need not be consecutive. Once the recipient has received four months of the 90 percent disregard, he or she is not eligible to
receive the disregard again until the TANF case has been denied and remains denied for one full month, and 12 calendar months have passed since
the denial. The 12-month ineligibility period begins with the first full month of denial after the client used the fourth month of the 90 percent
disregard.
11 To be eligible for the 50 percent disregards, the recipient must have received benefits in at least one of the previous four months.
12 Married couples with a child in common may disregard $400.
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1Two-parent
units in
Benefit Determination Policies, July their benefits reduced by 50% for the benefit months of
Table II.A.2which both parents are able to perform gainful activities will have2002
State Benefit Equals:
Alabama Payment Standard minus net income
Alaska Smaller of Need Standard minus net income times 78.07% or Maximum Benefit 1
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART Payment Benefit minus net income
JOBSTART The cash value of the unit's food stamp and TANF benefit minus earnings after taxes 2
Arkansas Maximum Payment Level or 50% of Maximum Payment Level (A flat grant amount)3
California Maximum Aid Payment minus net income
Colorado Need Standard minus net income times 84.75%
Connecticut Payment Standard minus net income
Delaware Smaller of Need Standard minus net income times 50% or Maximum Benefit
D.C. Payment Level minus net income
Florida Payment Standard minus net income
Georgia Smaller of Standard of Need minus net income or Family Maximum
Hawaii Standard of Assistance minus net income
Idaho Smaller of Work Incentive Allowance minus net income or Maximum Benefit
Illinois Payment Standard minus net income
Indiana Maximum Payment (A flat grant amount)
Iowa Payment Standard minus net income
Kansas Budgetary Standards minus net income
Kentucky Smaller of Standard of Need minus net income times 55% or Maximum Benefit
Louisiana Flat Grant Amount minus net income
Maine Smaller of Standard of Need minus net income or Maximum Benefit
Maryland Allowable Payment minus net income
Massachusetts Need Standard and Payment Standard minus net income
Michigan Payment Standard minus net income
Minnesota Smaller of Family Wage Level minus net income or Transitional Standard 4
Mississippi Smaller of Need Standard and Payment Standard minus net income times 60% or Maximum Benefit
Missouri Payment Standard minus net income
Montana Benefit Standard minus net income
Nebraska Smaller of Standard of Need minus net income or Payment Maximum
Nevada Payment Allowance minus net income
New Hampshire Payment Standard minus net income
New Jersey Maximum Benefit Payment Schedule minus net income
New Mexico Need Standard minus net income
New York Need Standard minus net income
North Carolina Need Standard minus net income times 50%
North Dakota Standard of Need minus net income
Ohio Payment Standard minus net income
Oklahoma Payment Standard minus net income
Oregon
All, except JOBS Plus Adjusted Income/Payment Standard minus net income; add the Cooperative Incentive Payment if in
compliance5
JOBS Plus The cash value of the unit's food stamp and TANF benefit minus a measure of net earnings 6
Pennsylvania Family Size Allowance minus net income
Rhode Island Cash Assistance Monthly Standard minus net income
South Carolina Smaller of Need Standard minus net income or Maximum Benefit
South Dakota Payment Standard minus net income
Tennessee Smaller of Consolidated Need Standard minus net income or Maximum Benefit
Texas Maximum Grant minus net income
Utah Maximum Financial Assistance Payment minus net income
Vermont Payment Standard minus net income
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Table II.A.2 Benefit Determination Policies, July 2002
State Benefit Equals:
Virginia
VIEW Smaller of the Federal Poverty Level minus net income or Payment Standard minus gross unearned
income or Maximum Benefit7
All, except VIEW Smaller of Payment Standard minus net income or Maximum Benefit
Washington Payment Standard minus net income
West Virginia Payment Standard minus net income8
Wisconsin
W-2 Transition/Community Benefit Amount (A flat grant amount)
Service Jobs
Trial Jobs Varies by hours worked9
Unsubsidized Employment None10
Wyoming Maximum Benefit minus net income
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: For information on the benefit standards see Table II.A.3.
1 Two-parent units in which both parents are able to perform gainful activities will have their benefits reduced by 50 percent for the benefit
months of July, August, and September.
2 JOBSTART recipients receive wages from their subsidized employer. However, the state provides a supplemental payment for units whose
adjusted gross income (earnings net of federal and state taxes, and FICA) is less than the cash value of the food stamp and TANF benefits they
would have otherwise received. The supplemental payment is determined by subtracting the unit's adjusted gross income from the cash value of
its Food Stamp and TANF benefit.
3 The benefit is equal to the Maximum Payment Level for the unit size if the unit's gross income is less than $446. However, if the gross income
is greater than $446, the benefit will be reduced to 50 percent of the Maximum Payment Level. Arkansas refers to this policy as the Gross
Income Trigger.
4 The calculation applies to recipients with earned income only. The calculation for recipients without earned income is Transitional Standard
minus net income. The calculation for recipients with earned and unearned income is the following: if the Family Wage Level minus earned
income is less than the Transitional Standard, the benefit equals the Family Wage Level minus total net income (earned and unearned income). If
the Family Wage Level minus earned income is greater than the Transitional Standard, the benefit equals the Transitional Standard minus
unearned income. Also, the MFIP payment standards include the state's food stamp (FS) allotment. MFIP recipients' cash and FS grants are
computed with the same calculation. A flat amount (based on family size) for the FS allotment is subtracted from the benefit amount, and any
remaining amount is provided to the unit in cash. In order to calculate the TANF grant amount without FS, subtract the Food Portion of the
MFIP standard from the benefit.
5 If the benefit is positive and the unit is complying with all requirements, the Cooperative Incentive Payment is added to the benefit. (Most of
the caseload receives the Incentive Payment). However, if the unit isn't complying with requirements, the unit only receives the difference
between the Adjusted Income/Payment Standard and net income.
6 The benefit is equal to the maximum of (A-C or B-D), where A equals the full benefit equivalent, the sum of welfare and food stamp benefits,
calculated using normal rules. B equals the minimum benefit equivalent, A minus the difference between Adjusted Income/Payment Standard
for the unit including the JOBS Plus participant and Adjusted Income/Payment Standard for the unit not including the JOBS Plus participant. C
equals the JOBS Plus participant's wage times his or her available hours (all scheduled hours, regardless of whether or not the participant worked
those hours), minus $90, $50 pass-through, $102 earned income credit refund, and any garnishment withheld. D equals the JOBS Plus
participant's wage times hours actually worked, minus $90, $50 pass through, $102 earned income credit refund, and any garnishment withheld.
7 The benefit for two-parent units equals the smaller of 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level minus net income, or Payment Standard minus
gross unearned income or Maximum Benefit.
8 Units in which a man and a woman are legally married to each other are eligible for a marriage incentive that increases the benefit by $100.
9 Recipients in the Trial Jobs component participate in subsidized employment. These recipients do not receive benefits from the state.
However, they do receive earnings from their employer. Employers are required to pay at least minimum wage for every hour worked. The
employer receives a maximum subsidy of $300 per employee per month.
10 Units in the Unsubsidized Employment component receive wages from an unsubsidized job and are not eligible for a cash benefit; however,
they may still receive support services if they are otherwise eligible.
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cash value of
. However, if the gross income
ned income). If
articipant. C
participant worked
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Note: This table provides information on the standards
Table II.A.3 Benefit Standards, only. For information on how the standards are used, see Tables I.D.2, I.D.3, and
July 2002
Payment Standard Statutory Maximum Benefit
Amount for Amount for
Family of Family of
State State Name Three State Name Three
Alabama Payment Standard $164 —- —-
Alaska Need Standard $1,186 Maximum Benefit $923
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART Payment Benefit $347 —- —-
JOBSTART Payment Benefit and Food Stamps1 —- —- —-
Arkansas Maximum Payment Level $204 —- —-
California
Nonexempt Maximum Aid Payment $679 —- —-
Exempt Maximum Aid Payment $758 —- —-
Colorado Need Standard $421 —- —-
Connecticut Payment Standard $543 —- —-
Delaware Need Standard $915 Maximum Benefit $338
D.C. Payment Level $379 —- —-
Florida Payment Standard $303 —- —-
Georgia Standard of Need $424 Family Maximum $280
Hawaii Standard of Assistance $570 2 —- —-
Idaho Work Incentive Payment $389 Maximum Benefit $309
Illinois Payment Standard $396 —- —-
Indiana Maximum Payment $288 —- —-
Iowa Payment Standard $426 —- —-
Kansas Budgetary Standards $429 —- —-
Kentucky Standard of Need $526 Maximum Benefit $262
Louisiana Flat Grant Amount $240 —- —-
Maine Standard of Need $620 Maximum Benefit $485
Maryland Allowable Payment $472 —- —-
Massachusetts
Exempt Need Standard and Payment Standard $633 —- —-
Nonexempt Need Standard and Payment Standard $618 —- —-
Michigan Payment Standard $459 —- —-
Minnesota Transitional Standard $831 (532) 3 —- —-
Family Wage Level $914 —- —-
Food Portion of MFIP $299 —- —-
Mississippi Need Standard and Payment Standard $368 Maximum Benefit $170
Missouri Payment Standard $292 —- —-
Montana Benefit Standard $507 —- —-
Nebraska Standard of Need $587 Payment Maximum $364
Nevada Payment Allowance $348 —- —-
New Hampshire Payment Standard $625 —- —-
New Jersey Maximum Benefit Payment Schedule $424 —- —-
New Mexico Need Standard $389 —- —-
New York Need Standard $577 —- —-
North Carolina Need Standard $544 —- —-
North Dakota Standard of Need $477 —- —-
Ohio Payment Standard $373 —- —-
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Table II.A.3 Benefit Standards, July 2002
Payment Standard Statutory Maximum Benefit
Amount for Amount for
Family of Family of
State State Name Three State Name Three
Oklahoma Payment Standard $292 —- —-
Oregon
All, except JOBS Plus Adjusted Income/Payment Standard $460 —- —-
Cooperative Incentive Payment 4 $43 — —
JOBS Plus Adjusted Income/Payment Standard Food —- —-
1
Pennsylvania Family Stamps
Size Allowance $403 —- —-
Rhode Island Cash Assistance Monthly Standard $554 —- —-
South Carolina Need Standard $609 Maximum Benefit $204
South Dakota Payment Standard $483 —- —-
Tennessee
Time-Limited Units Consolidated Need Standard $859 Maximum Benefit $185
Time-Limited Exempt Units Consolidated Need Standard $859 Maximum Benefit $232
Texas Maximum Grant $208 —- —-
Utah Maximum Financial Assistance Payment $474 —- —-
Vermont Payment Standard $638 —- —-
Virginia
VIEW Federal Poverty Level $1,252 Maximum Benefit $320
Payment Standard $320 —- —-
All, except VIEW Payment Standard $320 Maximum Benefit $320
Washington Payment Standard $546 —- —-
West Virginia Payment Standard $453 —- —-
Wisconsin —- —-
W-2 Transition Benefit Amount $628 —- —-
Community Service Jobs Benefit Amount $673 —- —-
Trial Jobs/Unsubsidized No Cash Benefit 5 —- —- —-
Employment
Wyoming Maximum Benefit $340 —- —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: This table provides information on the standards only. For information on how the standards are used, see Table II.A.2.
The amounts in the table are based on the following assumptions about the assistance unit: there is one adult and two children, the children
are not subject to a family cap, the unit has no special needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the state.
1 See the footnotes in Table II.A.2 for a description of the standard.
2 Applies to units that have received assistance for at least two months in a lifetime. For units receiving their first and second months of
benefits, the Standard of Assistance for a family of three is $712.
3 Minnesota's Transitional Standard includes the food stamp allotment for each unit size. The food stamp and cash benefit are computed
together for welfare recipients. The Food Stamp allotment is a flat benefit, based on family size, that is subtracted from the benefit amount.
Any remaining benefit is given to the unit as cash. The value of the TANF benefit only is in parentheses.
4 If the unit is complying with all requirements, they receive the Cooperative Incentive Payment (most of the caseload does); however, if the
unit isn't complying with requirements, they receive only the Adjusted Income/Payment Standard.
5 The benefits in these components are based on the wages earned by individual participants.
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Table II.A.4 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income,
July 2002
State Maximum Benefit
Alabama $164
Alaska $923
Arizona $347
Arkansas $204
California
Nonexempt $679
Exempt $758
Colorado $356
Connecticut $543
Delaware $338
D.C. $379
Florida $303
Georgia $280
Hawaii $570 1
Idaho $309
Illinois $396
Indiana $288
Iowa $426
Kansas $429
Kentucky $262
Louisiana $240
Maine $485
Maryland $472
Massachusetts
Exempt $633
Nonexempt $618
Michigan $459
Minnesota $532
Mississippi $170
Missouri $292
Montana $507
Nebraska $364
Nevada $348
New Hampshire $625
New Jersey $424
New Mexico $389
New York $577
North Carolina $272
North Dakota $477
Ohio $373
Oklahoma $292
Oregon $503
Pennsylvania $403
Rhode Island $554
South Carolina $204
South Dakota $483
Tennessee
Time Limited Unit $185
Time Limited Exempt Unit $232
Texas $208
Utah $474
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Table II.A.4 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income,
July 2002
State Maximum Benefit
Vermont $638
Virginia $320
Washington $546
West Virginia $453
Wisconsin
W-2 Transition $628
Community Service Jobs $673
Wyoming $340
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Maximum benefits are calculated assuming that the unit contains one adult and two children who are not subject to a family cap, has no
special needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the state.
1 Applies to units that have received assistance for at least two months in a lifetime. For units receiving their first and second months of
benefits, the maximum benefit for a family of three is $712.
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Table III.A.1 Behavioral Requirements, July 2002
School Immunization Health Screening Other Health
State Requirements1 School Bonuses2 Requirements3 Requirements4 Requirements5
Alabama No No No No No
Alaska No No No No No
Arizona Yes No Yes No No
Arkansas Yes No Yes No No
California Yes Yes6 Yes No No
Colorado Yes Yes7 Yes Yes No
Connecticut No No No No No
Delaware Yes Yes Yes No No
D.C. No No No No No
Florida Yes No Yes No No
Georgia Yes No Yes No No
Hawaii No No No No No
Idaho Yes No Yes No No
Illinois Yes No No No No
Indiana Yes No Yes No No
Iowa Yes No No No No
Kansas No No No No No
Kentucky Yes Yes No No No
Louisiana Yes No Yes No No
Maine No No Yes No No
Maryland Yes No Yes Yes No
Massachusetts Yes No Yes No No
Michigan Yes No Yes No No
Minnesota No No No No No
Mississippi Yes No Yes No No
Missouri No No No No No
Montana No No Yes Yes No
Nebraska Yes No No No No
Nevada Yes No Yes No No
New Hampshire No No No No No
New Jersey Yes No Yes8 No No
New Mexico Yes No Yes No No
New York Yes No No No No
North Carolina Yes No Yes Yes No
North Dakota Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ohio No Yes7 No No No
Oklahoma Yes No Yes No No
Oregon No Yes7 No No No
Pennsylvania No No No No No
Rhode Island No No No No No
South Carolina Yes No No No No
South Dakota Yes No Yes No No
Tennessee Yes Yes7 Yes Yes No
Texas Yes No Yes Yes No
Utah Yes No No No No
Vermont No Yes7 No No No
Virginia Yes No Yes No No
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Table III.A.1 Behavioral Requirements, July 2002
School School Immunization Health Screening Other Health
State Requirements1 Bonuses2 Requirements3 Requirements4 Requirements5
Washington No No No No No
West Virginia Yes No Yes Yes No
Wisconsin Yes No No No No
Wyoming Yes No No No No
States with Requirements: 34 9 27 8 1
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
1 School requirements apply only to requirements for dependent children, not minor parents. A requirement is coded "Yes" only if the state
explicitly mentions it as a requirement for cash assistance and/or as an item in a contract and a sanction results from noncompliance. These
policies may require children to attend school, to achieve at least a minimal grade point average, and/or parents to be involved in their
children's education in some way.
2 This variable captures financial incentives for assistance units whose children meet specific attendance or achievement standards. Unless
otherwise noted, school bonuses apply to both dependent children and minor parents.
3 Immunization requirements include information on standard immunizations for children. A requirement is coded "Yes" only if the state
explicitly mentions it as a requirement for cash assistance and/or as an item in a contract and a sanction results from noncompliance.
4 Health screening requirements include information on regular checkups for both children and adults, although the requirements usually
apply only to children. A requirement is coded "Yes" only if the state explicitly mentions it as a requirement for cash assistance and/or as an
item in a contract and a sanction results from noncompliance.
5 Other health requirements include information on other health-related requirements such as early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and
treatment (EPSDT). A requirement is coded "Yes" only if the state explicitly mentions it as a requirement for cash assistance and/or as an
item in a contract and a sanction results from noncompliance.
6 School bonuses only apply to pregnant or parenting teens, ages 16 through 19, who maintain a "C" average in school or graduate from high
school or its equivalent.
7School bonuses only apply to teen parents, age 16 through 19.
8 New Jersey state law requires all dependent children to be immunized whether they receive TANF benefits or not. However, welfare
recipients' benefits may be sanctioned if they do not immunize their dependent children. Recipients are required to sign an IRP contract to
receive benefits; an immunization requirement may be included in the IRP. If the recipient fails to immunize his or her children, he or she
breaches the contract and receives a financial sanction.
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Table III.B.1 Work-Related Activity Exemptions for Single-Parent Head of Unit,
1
July 2002
Unit head exempt if:
Caring for an
Working in ill or In which month Caring for child
unsubsidized Ill or incapacitated Age (or older) of pregnancy (or under age
State job for (hours): incapacitated: person: (years): later): (months):
Alabama No Exemption Yes Yes No Exemption 4 36
Alaska No Exemption Yes Yes2 No Exemption No Exemption 12 3
Arizona 40 4 No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
5 No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 3
Arkansas
California6 No Exemption Yes7 Yes 60 7 No Exemption8 12 9
Colorado10 No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption 12 11
12
Connecticut No Exemption Yes Yes 60 No Exemption 12 13
Delaware No Exemption Yes Yes No Exemption No Exemption 13 Weeks
D.C. 30 14 Yes 15 Yes 60 6 12
16
Florida No Exemption No Yes No Exemption No Exemption 3 17
Georgia No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption 12 18
Hawaii No Exemption 19 Yes 60 No Exemption 6
Yes
Idaho No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Illinois No Exemption No Yes20 60 No Exemption 12
Indiana No Exemption Yes Yes 60 4 3
Iowa No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption21
Kansas No Exemption No Yes 60 No Exemption 12
Kentucky No Exemption Yes22 Yes22 60 22 No Exemption 12 23
Louisiana No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption 12 23
24
Maine No Exemption No Yes No Exemption No Exemption 12 23
Maryland 30 25 Yes26 Yes No Exemption No Exemption 12 27
Massachusetts
Exempt28 —- —- —- —- —- —-
Nonexempt 20 No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Michigan No Exemption Yes Yes29 60 No Exemption 3
Minnesota No Exemption Yes Yes 60 —-30 12
Mississippi No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 12 23
Missouri No Exemption Yes 22 60 22 12
Yes 7
Montana No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Nebraska
Time Limited Assistance No Exemption Yes Yes 60 6 3
Non-Time Limited- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Assistance28
Nevada No Exemption Yes31 Yes 60 1 32 12 23
New Hampshire
New Hampshire No Exemption Yes33 Yes —-34 4 35 24 36
Employment Program
Family Assistance —- —- —- —- —- —-
Program28
New Jersey No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 37 3 38
New Mexico No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 39 12 23
New York No Exemption Yes Yes 60 9 12 40
North Carolina No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption 12 23
North Dakota 30 Yes Yes 60 4 4
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Table III.B.1 Work-Related Activity Exemptions for Single-Parent Head of Unit,
1
July 2002
Unit head exempt if:
Caring for an
Working in ill or In which month Caring for child
unsubsidized Ill or incapacitated Age (or older) of pregnancy (or under age
State job for (hours): incapacitated: person: (years): later): (months):
Ohio 30 Yes Yes 60 3 12
Oklahoma No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption 3 22
Oregon No Exemption No No 60 9 3
Pennsylvania No Exemption Yes Yes22 *22 *22 12 23
Rhode Island No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 12
South Carolina No Exemption Yes Yes No Exemption 7 12 41
South Dakota No Exemption 22 22 No Exemption No Exemption 3
Yes Yes
Tennessee No Exemption Yes Yes42 60 No Exemption 4
Texas 30 43 Yes Yes 60 3 12
Utah No Exemption No No No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Vermont No Exemption Yes Yes 60 No Exemption 24 44
Virginia
VIEW No Exemption Yes45 Yes 60 4 18 46
All except for VIEW 28 —- —- —- —- —- —-
Washington No Exemption Yes Yes 55 No Exemption 4 23
47
West Virginia No Exemption Yes Yes 60 7 12 48
Wisconsin No Exemption No 49 No Exemption No Exemption 3
No
Wyoming No Exemption No No 65 No Exemption 3 23
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
* Data not obtained.
1 This table refers to single-parent unit heads over 21 years of age.
2 If the incapacitated person is an adult, the caretaker is only exempt if he or she is related to the person and providing 24 hour care.
3 The caretaker loses this exemption after retaining it for 12 cumulative months. While the caretaker is exempt, he or she may be required to
participate in job-readiness activities.
4 To be exempt, the job must pay at least the minimum wage and be expected to last at least 30 days.
5 The parent may only receive exemptions for a total of 12 months in his or her lifetime. He or she may use any combination of exemptions in
which he or she is eligible to accumulate these 12 months.
6 Counties have the option to vary some activities exemptions. Statewide exemptions are noted; all other exemptions apply only to Los Angeles
County.
7 Statewide exemption.
8 The woman is only exempt if the pregnancy is disabling and prohibits her from participating in work or training programs.
9 The recipient may only receive this exemption one time; however, he or she may also receive a limited exemption for a second or subsequent
child under six months old.
10 Counties have the option to vary activities exemptions. These policies refer to Denver County.
11 The exemption does not apply to recipients that have received benefits for 24 or more cumulative months.
12 Although there is no exemption, a pregnant or postpartum recipient may be exempt if her physician indicates that she is unable to work.
13 The exemption only applies if the child under 12 months old is not subject to a family cap.
14 The hours apply to recipients with children age six or older. Recipients with children under six years of age are required to work 20 hours to
be exempt.
15 Recipients are screened during assessment for physical and/or mental incapacities that interfere with their ability to participate in countable
work activities. After a medical evaluation confirms incapacity, the client is moved from TANF to district-funded POWER. POWER requires
limited work activities.
16 The exemption applies only if no alternative care is available.
17 Recipients may be required to attend classes or other activities.
18 The exemption is limited to once in the recipient's lifetime.
19 To be exempt, the recipient must have had the condition for at least 30 days.
20 A client who is approved to provide full-time care due to the medical condition of a related child under age 18 (not a waiver child) or spouse
living in the home is exempt.
21 If the participant has a newborn child, absence from activities is determined using the standards of the Family Leave Act of 1993. The
maximum time available for one parent is 12 workweeks during any 12-month period and for two parents is the aggregate of 12 workweeks of
leave for both parents.
22
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leave for both parents.
22 The state does not consider these groups technically exempt; however, they may meet the state's criteria for good cause for non-compliance or
deferral.
23 The exemption is limited to 12 months in the recipient's lifetime.
24 To be exempt, the head of household must be caring for a spouse who is receiving SSI.
25 To be exempt, the job must pay minimum wage or higher.
26 The exemption is limited to 12 months unless the individual has applied for SSI and the application is approved, pending, or in appeal.
27 This is a one-time exemption for the first child only.
28 Recipients who are in this component are automatically exempt from activities requirements. The criteria for inclusion in this component may
include some exemptions listed in this table; see Appendix 1 for more information on the composition of the component.
29 The caretaker is exempt only when caring for a child who is an SSI recipient, an SSI applicant, or suffers from a physical or mental
impairment that meets federal SSI disability standards.
30 Pregnant women are exempt if the pregnancy has resulted in a professionally certified disability that prevents the woman from obtaining or
retaining employment.
31 The recipient is only exempt from job training requirements.
32 To be exempt, a physician must have determined that the recipient is unable to work, and then the woman is only exempt from job training
requirements.
33 If a recipient is permanently unable to work, he or she is placed in the FAP component. People who are temporarily ill or incapacitated are
exempt from NHEP until their illness or incapacity improves or passes.
34 Recipients age 60 and older are placed in the FAP component.
35 Recipients who have received 39 or more months of assistance will not receive an exemption for pregnancy.
36 Recipients who have received 39 or more months of assistance will not receive a child care exemption. Recipients that conceive a child while
on assistance are exempt only until the child is 12 months old.
37 Recipients in their forth month of pregnancy may be exempt if a physician certifies a medical reason exists.
38 The exemption may be extended if a physician certifies it is medically necessary for the parent or child.
39 The exemption can be extended for up to six weeks beyond the end of the pregnancy.
40 The exemption may last for no more than 12 months in a recipient's lifetime and no more than three months for any one child unless the social
services official makes a determination to extend the exemption for up to the total 12 months.
41 The exemption does not apply to individuals under the age of 25 with no high school diploma or GED.
42 To qualify for the exemption, the caretaker must prove that he or she is needed in the home full-time to care for a related disabled child or
adult relative who lives in the home.
43 To be exempt, the recipient must be earning at least $700 per month.
44 If the recipient cares for a child under 24 months of age, work requirements may be modified or deferred. A participant's work requirement
cannot be deferred for this reason for more than 24 months during a lifetime. If the participant has exhausted the 24 months of deferment and
has a child is under 13 weeks of age, then the caretaker is automatically exempt from all work requirements.
45 To be exempt, the recipient must provide a physician's note certifying that he or she is incapacitated, the nature and scope of incapacity, and
the abilities and limitations of the individual, as well as the duration of the incapacity. If the individual can participate in employment or
training, but is limited in the types of activities that he or she may participate in, the individual must participate in work activities that are
determined suitable. If a doctor determines that an individual is temporarily incapacitated, a caseworker must reevaluate the case after the
prescribed duration of incapacitation or every 60 days, whichever comes first.
46 Recipients caring for a child subject to a family cap are only exempt while the child is under six weeks of age.
47 The exemption applies only to a woman giving birth to a second or subsequent child. She can be exempt for a total of six months for this
child and may include the last trimester of pregnancy. Fathers cannot claim this exemption during pregnancy but can claim a six month
exemption after the birth. For the first child, a recipient is only exempt due to pregnancy if there are complications with the pregnancy.
48 The exemption applies only to the birth of a first child. The recipient is exempted for only six months after the birth of any additional child
(the six months include any time the recipient chooses to be exempt during pregnancy).
49 A recipient's care for an ill or incapacitated family member may be assigned as his or her participation requirement.
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Table III.B.2 Work-Related Activity Requirements for Single-Parent Head of Unit,
July 2002
Timing of Share of Hours
Requirement in Allowed for
Relation to Benefit Education and
State Receipt Allowable Activities Listed Minimum Hour Requirement Training
Alabama Immediately All 32 1 7
Alaska Immediately All 30 —
Arizona Immediately Job-Related, E&T and CWEP Case-by-Case Basis —
Arkansas Immediately All 30 —
California Immediately All except Postsecondary Education2 32 —
Colorado3 * All2 22 —
Connecticut Immediately All except Postsecondary Education Case-by-Case Basis —
Delaware Immediately Job-Related and CWEP4 Case-by-Case Basis 4 —
D.C. Immediately All 30 1 10
Florida Immediately All 30 5 10
Georgia Immediately All 30 6 10
Hawaii Immediately All except Postsecondary Education 32 —
Idaho Immediately All except Postsecondary Education7 30 —
Illinois After Assessment All 30 —
Indiana Immediately All except Postsecondary Education Case-by-Case Basis —
Iowa Immediately All except Subsidized Employment Full-Time Employment8 —
Kansas Immediately All 30 10
Kentucky Immediately All 30 10
Louisiana Immediately All 30 1 10
Maine Immediately All 30 1 10
Maryland 24 Months Job-Related and Employment Depends on Activity In Excess of 20
Hours
Massachusetts 60 Days All 20 9 —
Michigan Immediately All 40 10 10
Minnesota Immediately All 30 1 —
Mississippi 24 Months All 30 11 5
Missouri 24 Months All 30 1 —
Montana Immediately All 30 —
Nebraska Immediately All 30 —
Nevada Immediately All 30 5
New Hampshire Immediately All2 30 1 —
New Jersey Immediately All 35 —
New Mexico 3 Months after All 34 12 —
Approval
New York 30 Days after High School Not Complete: E&T Full-Time as Defined by School —
Orientation
30 Days after High School Complete: All 30 1 5
Orientation
North Carolina 12 Weeks All 30 1 10
North Dakota Immediately All Case-by-Case Basis —
Ohio Immediately All 20 —
Oklahoma Immediately All 30 —
Oregon Immediately All except Unsubsidized Employment2 Case-by-Case Basis —
Pennsylvania Immediately All2 20 —
Rhode Island At Application All2 30 1 30 13
South Carolina Immediately All2 30 1 —
South Dakota Immediately All 30 1 10
Tennessee Immediately All except Subsidized Employment 40 20 14
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Table III.B.2 Work-Related Activity Requirements for Single-Parent Head of Unit,
July 2002
Timing of Share of Hours
Requirement in Allowed for
Relation to Benefit Education and
State Receipt Allowable Activities Listed Minimum Hour Requirement Training
Texas After Work Job-Related, E&T, and CWEP 30 —
Orientation
Utah Immediately All except Subsidized Employment Case-by-Case Basis —
Vermont Immediately All 30 1 —
Virginia Immediately All 30 —
Washington Immediately Job-Related and Employment 30 15 —
West Virginia 24 Months All 30 1 10
Wisconsin
W-2 Transition After Assessment All 40 12
Unsubsidized After Assessment Job-Related and Employment 40 —
Employment
Trial Jobs After Assessment Subsidized Employment 40 —
Community After Assessment Job-Related and E&T 40 10
Wyoming Jobs
Service Immediately All 30 16 —
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: The table contains the activity requirements for single-parent recipients 21 years of age or older
All possible activities include:
(a) Job-related activities include one or more of the following: job skills training, job readiness activities, job development and placement,
job search
(b) Education and training (E&T) activities include one or more of the following: basic or remedial education, high school/GED, English as a
second language, postsecondary education, on-the-job training
(c) Employment activities include one or more of the following: unsubsidized job, work supplement/subsidized job, CWEP/AWEP,
community service
* Data not obtained.
1 The hours apply to recipients with children age six or older. Recipients with children under six years of age are required to work 20 hours.
2 According to the state manuals, recipients move from one set of activities to another after a set period of time. Generally, they begin with
job-related activities and end with employment; see the WRD for details.
3 Counties have the option to vary their activity requirements. These policies refer to Denver County.
4 The hours requirement is 10 hours per week of job search plus hours equal to the benefit amount divided by the minimum wage. If working
20 hours or more a week in an unsubsidized job, no additional work requirements apply. For recipients who began receiving assistance prior
to January 1, 2000, education and training is also an allowable activity, and the minimum hours requirement is 20 hours.
5 On-the-job training and work supplementation require a full-time (32 to 40 hour) commitment.
6 When the agency determines it possible, the recipient must participate for a minimum of 40 hours a week.
7 Recipients with children under the age of 12 weeks are only required to participate in life skills training.
8 Participation must be either equivalent to the level of commitment required for full-time employment or must be deemed significant enough
to move the recipient toward the level of full-time employment.
9 The hours apply to recipients with children age six or older. Recipients with children under age six generally have no work requirements.
10 The hours apply to recipients with children age six or older. Recipients with children under age six are required to work 20 hours. On-the-
job training requires a minimum of 35 hours per week.
11 The hours apply to recipients with children age six or older. Recipients with children under age six are required to work 20 hours. An
individual must participate in educational programs (including vocational training) full-time as defined by the school, and in job search/job
readiness (combined) for 40 hours a week.
12 Recipients with children under age six may not be required to work more than 24 hours per week.
13 For the first 24 months of benefit receipt, recipients may spend all required activity hours in education and/or training. For parents with
children under the age of six, this is 20 hours.
14 Recipients in postsecondary education and training programs (programs in which participants must have a GED or high school diploma to
enroll) may attend education and training activities for up to 20 hours per week.
15 The state stressed that recipients are required to work 40 hours per week, but in cases where the recipient is unable to work the full 40
hours, caseworkers have the option to scale back the number of hours (not to go below 30).
16 The state stressed that recipients are required to work 40 hours per week, but in cases where the recipient is unable to work the full 40
hours, caseworkers have the option to scale back the number of hours (not to go below 30). The 30 hours apply to recipients with children
over age six. Recipients with children under age six are required to work 20 hours.
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Table III.B.3 Sanction Policies for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for
Single-Parent Head of Unit, July 2002
Initial Sanction Most Severe Sanction
Amount of Length of Sanction (In Amount of Length of Sanction (In
State Reduction in Months) Reduction in Months)
Alabama Benefit
25% 3 Months+ Benefit
Entire Benefit 6 Months
Alaska 40% 4 Months+ Case Is Closed Must Reapply
Arizona 25% 1 Month Entire Benefit 1 Month+
Arkansas 25% Until in Compliance for 2 1 Until in Compliance for 2
Case Is Closed
Weeks Weeks
California Adult Portion of Until Compliance Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Colorado2 25% 1 Month Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Connecticut 25% + Case Is Closed 3 Months and Must Reapply
3 Months
Delaware 33.3% Until Compliance or 2 Months Entire Benefit Permanent
(Whichever Is Shorter)
D.C. Adult Portion of Until Compliance Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Florida Entire Benefit 10 Days+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+3
Georgia 25% Until Compliance up to 3 Entire Benefit Permanent
Months
Hawaii Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Idaho Entire Benefit + Entire Benefit Permanent
1 Month
4
Illinois 50% Until Compliance Entire Benefit 3 Months+
+
Indiana Adult Portion of 2 Months Adult Portion of 36 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Iowa Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit 6 Months5
Kansas Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit 2 Months+
Kentucky Pro Rata Portion of 7 Entire Benefit Until Compliance
Until Compliance
Benefit6
Louisiana Adult Portion of 3 Months Case Is Closed Until Compliance
Benefit
Maine Adult Portion of Until Compliance Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Maryland Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance for 30 Days
Massachusetts
Exempt8 —- —- —- —-
Non-exempt None9 None9 Entire Benefit Until in Compliance for 2
Weeks
Michigan Entire Benefit 1 Month Entire Benefit 1 Month
+
Minnesota 10% 1 Month Vendor Payment and 1 Month+
30%10
Mississippi Entire Benefit 2 Months+ Entire Benefit Permanent
Missouri 25% Until Compliance 25% 3 Months+
Montana Adult Portion of 1 Month 12 1 Month
Case Is Closed
Benefit11
Nebraska
Time-Limited Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 12 Months or the Remainder of
Assistance 48 Months, Whichever Is
Shorter
Non-Time-Limited —- —- —- —-
Assistance8
Nevada 33.3% or Pro Rata 1 Month+ Entire Benefit Permanent
Share, Whichever Is
Greater13
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Table III.B.3 Sanction Policies for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for
Single-Parent Head of Unit, July 2002
State Initial Sanction Most Severe Sanction
Amount of Length of Sanction (In Amount of Length of Sanction (In
Reduction in Months) Reduction in Months)
New Hampshire Benefit Benefit
New Hampshire Adult Portion of 1 Payment Period+ 66% of Adjusted 1 Payment Period+
Employment Program Benefit 14
Payment Standard
Family Assistance —- —- —- —-
Program8
New Jersey Adult Portion of 1 Month+ Case Is Closed16 3 Months
15
Benefit
New Mexico 25% Until Compliance Case Is Closed 6 Months+
New York Adult Portion of Until Compliance Pro Rata Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit
North Carolina
Work First Active 25% 3 Months Entire Benefit Permanent
Pre-Work First and —- —- —- —-
Work First Preparatory8
North Dakota Adult Portion of 1 Month+ Entire Benefit18 3 Months+
Benefit17
Ohio Adult Portion of 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+
Benefit
Oklahoma Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance
Oregon $50 Until Compliance or 2 Months Entire Benefit Until Compliance
(Whichever Is Shorter)
Pennsylvania Adult Portion of 30 Days+ Entire Benefit19 Permanent
19
Benefit
Rhode Island Adult Portion of Until in Compliance for 2 140% of Adult Portion Until in Compliance for 2
Benefit Weeks of Benefit20 Weeks
South Carolina Entire Benefit Until Reapplication and in Case Is Closed Must Reapply and Comply for 1
Compliance for 1 Month Month
South Dakota None9 None9 Case Is Closed 1 Month+ and Must Reapply
Tennessee Entire Benefit Until in Compliance for 2 Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Weeks
Texas Adult Portion of 1 Month+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Utah $100 21 Until Compliance Entire Benefit 22 Until Compliance
Vermont $75 23 Until Compliance $225 Until Compliance
Virginia
VIEW Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+
All except VIEW 8 —- —- —- —-
Washington Adult Portion of Until Compliance up to 1 Adult Portion of Until in Compliance for 2
Benefit Month24 Benefit or 40%, Weeks24
Whichever Is Greater
West Virginia 33.3% 3 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months+
Wisconsin
W-2 Transition and Minimum Wage Times Until Compliance Entire Benefit Permanent25
Community Service the Number of Hours
Jobs of Nonparticipation
Unsubsidized —- —- —- —-
Employment
Trial Jobs Decrease In Wages26 Until Compliance26 Entire Earnings Permanent25
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Table III.B.3 Sanction Policies for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for
Single-Parent Head of Unit, July 2002
State Initial Sanction Most Severe Sanction
Amount of Length of Sanction (In Amount of Length of Sanction (In
Reduction in Months) Reduction in Months)
Wyoming Benefit
Entire Benefit Until Compliance Benefit
Entire Benefit Until Compliance
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: "Adult Portion of Benefit" describes the portion of the benefit the sanctioned individual would have received. Since the table only
represents sanctions for single-parent adults, in all cases the sanctioned individual is an adult.
+ Theunit is sanctioned for the specified number of months or until the sanctioned individual complies with the activity requirements,
whichever is longer.
1 For the seventh and subsequent months of noncompliance, the caseworker has discretion to either reduce the unit's benefits by 50 percent or
close the case. If the case is closed, the unit may reapply for their full benefits, but the application will be pending until the unit has complied
with requirements for two weeks.
2 Counties have the option to determine the amount and duration of sanctions. These policies refer to Denver County.
3 Cash assistance may still be provided to the children in the unit who are under age 16; these benefits are issued to a protective payee.
4 If noncompliance continues after three months of reduced benefits, the entire unit is ineligible for benefits until compliance.
5 The sanction continues after six months until the sanctioned parent signs a family investment agreement and completes 20 hours of eligible
education or work activities.
6 The pro rata portion of the benefit is equal to the total monthly benefit divided by the number of members in the unit.
7 At the discretion of a caseworker, the unit may be required to be in compliance for two weeks before receiving benefits.
8 Recipients in this component are not required to participate in work activities; therefore, they have no sanctions.
9 The initial sanction does not reduce benefits. Recipients are given a written warning detailing the consequences of subsequent failures to
comply.
10 The shelter costs are paid directly to the vendor; any remaining benefit amount is reduced by 30 percent of the Transitional Standard. Vendor
payments continue for six months after the month in which the parent complies.
11 To end the sanction, all eligibility requirements must be met, including the renegotiation of the Family Independence Agreement. If a new
FIA has not been negotiated within one month after the end of the sanction period, the case is closed for noncompliance. The unit may reapply
for benefits after one month of ineligibility.
12 If eligibility requirements are not met and a new FIA has not been negotiated within one month after the end of the sanction period, the case
is closed and the unit must reapply for benefits. If requirements are met and a new FIA has been negotiated, the case remains open and only
the adult portion of the benefit is removed for the duration of the sanction or until compliance.
13 During first month, the benefit is reduced by 1/3 or a pro rata share, whichever is greater. If the unit does not comply during the first month,
the benefit is reduced by 2/3 or a pro rata share, whichever is greater for one month. If the unit does not comply within the month, the entire
benefit is removed for three months or until compliance, whichever is longer.
14 The adjusted payment standard refers to the new benefit amount once the adult portion is removed.
15 If noncompliance continues after three months of reduced benefits, the case is closed and the unit must reapply for further assistance.
16 If noncompliance continues after three months, the case is closed and the unit must reapply for further assistance and satisfy an intent to
comply before receiving subsequent benefits. If recipient is noncompliant for fewer than three months, only the adult portion of the benefit is
removed.
17 If noncompliance continues after six months of reduced benefits, the entire unit is ineligible for benefits until compliance.
18 If the adult is noncompliant for less than four months, only the adult portion of the benefit is removed. If noncompliance continues after four
months of reduced benefits, the entire unit is ineligible for benefits.
19 This applies to noncompliance that occurs after the first 24 months of assistance. For noncompliances that occur within the first 24 months
of assistance, the needs of the sanctioned individual are permanently excluded for benefit calculation.
20 If the individual is noncompliant for 1-6 months, 110 percent of the parent's benefits is reduced from the unit's benefit. For 7-12 months of
noncompliance, 120 percent of the parent's benefits is reduced from the unit's benefit. Months 13-18, 130 percent reduction. Months 19-24,
140 percent reduction. Following 24 months of noncompliance, the reduction is decreased to 100 percent of the parent's benefit, but the entire
remaining benefit must be made to a protective payee. The individual is sanctioned until her or she is in compliance for two weeks.
21 If noncompliance continues after two months of reduced benefits, the entire unit is ineligible for benefits until compliance.
22 The entire unit is ineligible if the adult is in noncompliance for two or more months. If the adult is noncompliant for less than two months,
only $100 of the benefit is removed.
23 If the individual fails to comply by the fourth month, the $75 sanction increases to $150. However, if the individual has received assistance
for more than 60 months and already has 12 or more cumulative months of sanctions, then the $150 sanction amount increases to $225.
During the first six cumulative months that the unit is sanctioned, the amount of the sanction may be limited to protect the family's ability to
pay its housing costs. This may be extended for another six months if the family had previously received assistance for 36 months without
sanctions.
24 The sanction remains in effect until the individual is compliant for two weeks; after two weeks of compliance, benefits are restored to their
presanction level and the individual is paid retroactively for the two weeks of compliance.
25 If a recipient refuses to participate in an activity for the third time, the unit is ineligible to receive benefits in that component for life. The
unit may receive benefits again if they become eligible for a different component (see Appendix 1 for a description of components).
26 If a recipient has an unplanned or unexcused absence, the Trial Jobs employer has the discretion to decrease the recipient's wages. If a Trial
Jobs recipient completely refuses to participate in the Trial Jobs component, he or she receives two warnings from the TANF agency and then
becomes ineligible for the Trial Jobs component for life.
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becomes ineligible for the Trial Jobs component for life.
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Note: In
Tablesome states, benefits are provided to two-parent units under a state-funded program instead of through federal TANF. The
IV.A.1 Eligibility Rules for Two-Parent, Nondisabled Recipient Units,
July 2002
State Limit on Hours Worked per Month
Alabama No Limit
Alaska No Limit
Arizona No Limit
Arkansas No Limit
California No Limit
Colorado No Limit
Connecticut No Limit
Delaware No Limit
D.C. 100
Florida No Limit
Georgia No Limit
Hawaii No Limit
Idaho No Limit
Illinois No Limit
Indiana No Limit
Iowa No Limit
Kansas No Limit
Kentucky No Limit
Louisiana No Limit
Maine 130
Maryland No Limit
Massachusetts No Limit
Michigan No Limit
Minnesota No Limit
Mississippi 100
Missouri No Limit
Montana No Limit
Nebraska No Limit
Nevada No Limit
New Hampshire 100
New Jersey No Limit
New Mexico No Limit
New York No Limit
North Carolina No Limit
North Dakota1 —-
Ohio No Limit
Oklahoma No Limit
Oregon No Limit
Pennsylvania No Limit
Rhode Island No Limit
South Carolina No Limit
South Dakota 100
Tennessee 100
Texas No Limit
Utah No Limit
Vermont No Limit
Virginia No Limit
Washington No Limit
West Virginia No Limit
Wisconsin No Limit
Wyoming No Limit
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: In some states, benefits are provided to two-parent units under a state-funded program instead of through federal TANF. The table,
however, includes the treatment of two-parent units regardless of the funding source.
1
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* Data not obtained. 1
Table IV.A.2 Treatment of Child Support Income for Recipients, July 2002
Amount of Collected Child Support Transferred Amount of Transfer Disregarded for Eligibility
State to Family as Unearned Income and Benefit Computation Determination
Alabama $50 0
Alaska $50 $50
Arizona —- —-
Arkansas —- —-
California $50 2 $50
Colorado —- —-
Connecticut All $50
Delaware $50 Plus Child Support Supplement 3 $50 3
D.C. —- —-
Florida —- —-
Georgia Amount of Unmet Need4 All4
Hawaii —- —-
Idaho —- —-
Illinois $50 $50
Indiana —- —-
Iowa — —-
Kansas —- —-
Kentucky —- —-
Louisiana —- —-
Maine $50 plus Amount of Unmet Need5 $50 6
Maryland —- —-
Massachusetts $50 7 $50 8
Michigan $50 $50
Minnesota All 0
Mississippi —- All
Missouri —- —-
Montana —- —-
Nebraska —- —-
Nevada $75 $75
New Hampshire —- —-
New Jersey $50 $50
New Mexico $50 $50
New York $50 $50
North Carolina —- —-
North Dakota —- —-
Ohio —- —-
Oklahoma —- —-
Oregon —- —-
Pennsylvania $50 $50
Rhode Island $50 $50
South Carolina Gap Payment 9 All
South Dakota —- —-
Tennessee Amount of Unmet Need4 All4
Texas Up to $5010 Up to $5010
Utah —- —-
Vermont All $50
Virginia $50 $50
Washington —- —-
West Virginia $50 $50 11
Wisconsin All All
Wyoming —- —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
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1 This table describes the treatment of child support that is given ("transferred") to the family by the state regardless of how much child support
the state has collected on behalf of the family. Though many states have created unique child support policies, some states still provide families
with the traditional $50 "pass-through" used under AFDC. The traditional pass-through is represented in this table with a "$50" coded in both
columns; $50 is transferred to the unit as unearned income and of that amount, all $50 is disregarded for eligibility and benefit computation.
2 Any child support collected on behalf of a child subject to the family cap is treated as exempt income.
3 In addition to the $50 pass-through payment, Delaware provides a supplemental child support payment. This payment is calculated by
subtracting a recipient's current disposable income from their disposable income as it would have been calculated in 1975.
4 The amount of child support collected or the amount of unmet need (also known as the gap payment), whichever is smaller, is transferred to
the family as unearned income and disregarded for purposes of eligibility and benefit determination. The unmet need or gap is calculated by
subtracting the maximum benefit a unit is able to receive from its Standard of Need; the unit's net income is then subtracted from this amount.
The amount left is the amount of unmet need for that unit.
5 In addition to the pass-through, the amount of unmet need (also known as the gap payment) is also transferred. The umet need or gap is
calculated by subtracting the unit's Maximum Benefit (the maximum benefit a unit is able to receive) from their Standard of Need; the unit's net
income is then subtracted from this amount. The amount left is the amount of unmet need for that unit. After the pass-through, the state will
transfer child support in the amount of unmet need for the family.
6 The $50 pass-through is disregarded for eligibility and benefit computation. All other transferred support (e.g., gap payment and amount in
excess of the monthly benefit) is counted for purposes of eligibility but disregarded for benefit computation.
7 All child support collected on behalf of a child subject to the family cap is transferred to the family.
8 For children subject to the family cap, the first $90 of unearned income, including child support, is disregarded for purposes of eligibility and
benefit computation; the rest is counted.
9 The gap payment is calculated by multiplying the current month's child support collection by (1 minus the unit's ratable reduction), or [child
support*(1-.363)].
10 The state will add to the TANF payment the least of (1) the court-ordered payment amount, (2) the amount the Office of the Attorney General
received during that month, or (3) $50. This additional money is considered an addition to the TANF benefit, not a pass-through of child
support income. This money is disregarded for eligibility purposes.
11 All child support payments (including the $50 pass-through) are considered income when testing the unit's gross income against 100 percent
of need during application.
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Table IV.A.3 Asset Limits for Recipients, July 2002
Restricted Asset Accounts
State Asset Limit Vehicle Exemption Matching
Amount Description Rate
Alabama $2,000/3,000
1 All Vehicles Owned by —- —- —
Alaska $2,000/3,000
1 Household
One Vehicle per Household
2 —- —- —
Arizona $2,000 One Vehicle per Household $9,000 Educational or training costs, None
purchase of first home,
business capitalization costs
Arkansas $3,000 One Vehicle per Household —- —- —
California $2,000/3,0001 $4,650E $5,000 Postsecondary education, None
purchase of home, start a new
business
Colorado $2,000 $4,5003F Amount IDA accounts: Postsecondary *
Determined education, purchase of home,
4 start a new business
by County
Connecticut $3,000 5E No Limit Postsecondary education of a None
$9,500
dependent child, IRAs, Keoghs,
401k plans
Delaware $1,000 E $5,000 Dependent care expenses, None
$4,650
security deposit for a home,
purchase or repair of a vehicle,
educational expenses, business
expenses or investments
D.C. $2,000/3,000
6 All Vehicles Owned by —- —- —
Household
Florida $2,000 $8,500E Varies7 IDA accounts: Postsecondary Up to $1,500
education, purchase of first 8
per year
home, business capitalization
Georgia $1,000 9E $5,000 Postsecondary educational *
$1,500/4,650
expenses, purchase of first
home, business capitalization
Hawaii $5,000 All Vehicles Owned by * Postsecondary education, None
Household purchase of first home, business
capitalization
Idaho $2,000 $4,65010F —- —- —
Illinois 11 One Vehicle per Household No Limit Postsecondary education, 2 to 1
$2,000/3,000/+50
purchase of home, start a new
business, purchase a vehicle12
Indiana $1,500 $5,000E —- —- —
E
Iowa $5,000 $4,115 per Vehicle for Each All Deposits Postsecondary education, job 1 to 113
Adult and Working Teenager and Interest training, purchase of home,
home improvement, starting a
small business, medical
emergencies
Kansas $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by * Postsecondary education, *
Household purchase of first home, business
capitalization
Kentucky $2,000 14 All Vehicles Owned by $5,000 IDA accounts: Postsecondary None
Household education, purchase of home,
start a new business
Louisiana $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by $6,000 Postsecondary education or None
Household15 training expenses, or payments
for work-related clothing, tools,
or equipment
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Table IV.A.3 Asset Limits for Recipients, July 2002
Restricted Asset Accounts
State Asset Limit Vehicle Exemption Matching
Amount Description Rate
Maine $2,000 One Vehicle per Household 16 Family Development Accounts, 17
$10,000 2 to1
educational expenses, purchase
of home, repairs to vehicle or
home, or for a business startup
Maryland $2,000 All Vehicles Owned by No Limit Education, purchase of home, *
Household start a new business
Massachusetts $2,500 F
$10,000 /5,000
18E —- —- —
Michigan $3,000 All Vehicles Owned by No Limit IDA accounts: Post-secondary *
Household educational expenses, purchase
of first home, or business
capitalization.
Minnesota $5,000 $7,500
E —- —- —
Mississippi $2,000 One Vehicle per Household19 —- —- —
Missouri $5,000 20 No Limit IDA account *
One Vehicle per Household
Montana $3,000 One Vehicle per Household21 —- —- —
Nebraska 22 23 No Limit Postsecondary education, None
$4,000/6,000 One Vehicle per Household
purchase of home, start a new
business
Nevada $2,000 One Vehicle per Household *24 Postsecondary education, *
purchase of first home, or
business capitalization
New Hampshire $2,000 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver $2,000 Postsecondary education, 3 to 1
purchase of first home, start a
new business
New Jersey $2,000 $9,500 25F —- —- —
New Mexico 26 27 28 Postsecondary education for None
$3,500 One Vehicle per Household No Limit
dependent child, purchase of
first home, business
capitalization
New York $2,000/3,0001 $4,65029F No Limit Postsecondary educational None
expenses, purchase of first
home, business capitalization
North Carolina $3,000 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver —- —- —
North Dakota $3,000/6,000/+2530 One Vehicle per Household —- —- —
Ohio 31 All Vehicles Owned by $10,000 Postsecondary education, 2 to 1
No Limit
Household purchase of first home,
establishment of a business
Oklahoma $1,000 $5,000E $2,000 Education, purchase of home, 1 to 132
start a new business
Oregon
All, except $10,000
33
$10,000
E — — —
JOBS
JOBS/JOBS $10,000 33 $10,000E No Limit Education account 1 to hr.
Plus worked34
Pennsylvania $1,000 One Vehicle per Household No Limit Postsecondary educational None
savings account, IDA Accounts
Rhode Island $1,000 $4,650F/1,50035E —- —- —
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Table IV.A.3 Asset Limits for Recipients, July 2002
Restricted Asset Accounts
State Asset Limit Vehicle Exemption Matching
Amount Description Rate
South Carolina $2,500 36 $10,000 IDA accounts, including lump- None
One Vehicle per Licensed Driver
sum income deposited within
30 days of receipt
South Dakota $2,000 One Vehicle per Household
37 —- —- —
Tennessee $2,000 E $5,000 IDA accounts and profits from a None
$4,600
business enterprise in escrow in
a Low Income Entrepreneurial
Escrow Account
Texas $2,000/3,0006 $4,650/15,000 38F No Limit IDA accounts 1 to 139
Utah $2,000 $8,000 40E —- —- —
Vermont 41 One Vehicle per Licensed Driver No Limit Education, purchase of home, *
$1,000
start a new business
Virginia
VIEW $1,000 42F/E $2,000 Education, purchase of home, 2 to 1
$7,500
start a new business
All, except $1,000 $1,500E $2,000 Education, purchase of home, 2 to 1
VIEW start a new business
Washington $1,000 43 $5,000 44E No Limit Education, purchase of home, *
start a new business
West Virginia $2,000 One Vehicle per Household —- —- —
Wisconsin $2,500 E $3,000 IDA Accounts: Purchase of a 2 to 1
$10,000
home, start a business, post-
45
secondary education
Wyoming $2,500 $12,000 46F —- —- —
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
E Equity value of the vehicle.
F Fair market value of the vehicle.
* Data not obtained.
1 Units including a member age 60 years and over may exempt $3,000; all other units exempt $2,000.
2 Vehicles used as a home, to produce self-employment income, to transport a disabled family member, or to participate in an approved
work activity are also exempt.
3 One vehicle per household is exempt if equipped for a handicapped person, used to obtain medical treatment, or used for employment.
4 Counties have the option to determine the amount of IDA accounts.
5 The unit may exempt $9,500 of the equity value of a vehicle or the entire value of one vehicle used to transport a handicapped person.
6 Households including an elderly or disabled person may exempt $3,000. All other units exempt $2,000.
7 Amount depends upon the savings goal agreed upon by the participant and the Regional Work Board.
8 The match rate is determined on a case-by-case basis and cannot exceed $1,500 per year.
9 If the vehicle is used to look for work or in travel to work or education and training, the unit may exclude $4,650 of the value. If the
vehicle is not used for these purposes, $1,500 of the equity value will be excluded. If the vehicle is used more than 50 percent of the
time to produce income or as a dwelling, it is totally excluded.
10 The value of one specially equipped vehicle used to transport a disabled family member is also exempt and vehicles with a fair market
value under $1,500 are exempt.
11 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $2,000, two persons receive $3,000, and three or more receive another $50 for
every additional person.
12 Deposits must come from earned income and all deposits must be matched by state or local government or through contributions made
by a nonprofit entity.
13 The state matches $0.50 for every dollar of a recipient's assets. In addition, $0.50 of federal funds are added to the recipient's IDA
account.
14 Only liquid resources will be considered for eligibility determinations. Liquid resources include cash, checking and savings accounts,
CDs, stocks and bonds, and money market accounts.
15 Recreational vehicles are not exempt.
16 Up to $10,000 of nonrecurring lump-sum income may be disregarded if used within 30 days.
17 Community agencies will contribute matching funds up to $2,000 a year.
18 The state compares the value of the vehicle to two standards: $10,000 of the fair market value and $5,000 of the equity value. If the
value of the vehicle exceeds either limit, the excess counts towards the asset limit; however, if the value of the vehicle exceeds both
limits, only the excess of the greater amount shall count towards the asset limit.
19 $4,650 of the fair market value of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
20 $1,500 of the equity of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
21 All income-producing vehicles are also exempt.
22 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $4,000, two or more persons receive $6,000.
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22 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $4,000, two or more persons receive $6,000.
23 The entire vehicle is exempt only if used for employment, training, or medical transportation; any motor vehicle used as a home is also
exempt.
24 Individuals can only deposit earned income into the IDA; the amount of earned income will be considered an earned income disregard
in determining eligibility and benefit amounts.
25 Units with two adults may exempt up to $4,650 of the fair market value of a second vehicle if it is essential for work, training, or
transportation of a handicapped individual.
26 The total limit is $3,500; however, only $1,500 of that amount can be in liquid resources and only $2,000 can be in nonliquid
resources. Liquid resources include the (convertible) cash value of life insurance policies, cash, stocks, bonds, negotiable notes, purchase
contracts, and other similar assets. Nonliquid resources include a second vehicle, equipment, tools, livestock (with the exception of
nonsalable domestic pets), one-time sale asset conversion, and lump-sum payments.
27 When public transportation is available, the value of one vehicle is exempt. When public transportation is not available, the value of
one vehicle per participant involved in work activity is exempt.
28 The state does not limit the amount of money a unit may save for postsecondary education or business capitalization; however, the unit
may only save $1,500 toward the purchase of a new home.
29 If the vehicle is needed to seek or retain employment, $9,300 of the vehicle is exempt.
30 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $3,000, two people receive $6,000, and an additional $25 is allowed for each
additional person thereafter.
31 Ohio has eliminated the asset test.
32 This applies to IDA account holders whose gross household income for the preceding calendar year was less than or equal to 100
percent of the federal poverty limit. For account holders whose income was between 100 and 150 percent of the federal poverty limit,
the match rate is $0.75 to $1. For those with income between 150 and 200 percent of the federal poverty limit, the match rate is $.50 to
$1.
33 The limit is reduced to $2,500 if the recipient does not cooperate with his or her case plan.
34 The participant's employer contributes $1 for every hour the participant works.
35 A unit may exempt $4,650 of the equity value of a vehicle. If after this exemption, the remaining amount of the value of the vehicle
disqualifies the unit from assistance, $1,500 of the equity value of the vehicle is exempted. The entire value of a vehicle to provide
necessary transportation of a disabled family member may be exempted.
36 Vehicles owned by or used to transport disabled individuals, vehicles essential to self-employment, income-producing vehicles, and
vehicles used as a home are also exempt.
37 In addition to one primary vehicle, an assistance unit may totally exclude a vehicle used to transport water or fuel to the home when it
is not piped in, a vehicle used to transport a disabled member or SSI recipient in household, a vehicle used in producing income or as a
home; an assistance unit may also exclude $4,650 of the fair market value of a vehicle used to transport members of the unit for
education or employment.
38 $4,650 is exempt for each vehicle owned by a TANF certified or disqualified household member and up to $15,000 is exempt for one
vehicle owned by a two-parent family. All licensed vehicles used for income-producing purposes are exempt.
39 IDAs are generally matched dollar-for-dollar with funds from private citizens, corporations, banks, communities, or charitable
organizations.
40 The entire equity value of a vehicle used to transport a disabled household member is also exempt.
41 In addition to the $1,000 asset limit, up to 100 percent of the unit's total gross earnings from the previous month, if placed in a savings
account, will not count toward its asset limit.
42 If the fair market value of the vehicle is greater than $7,500, any equity value greater than $1,500 is counted toward the resource limit.
43 $3,000 in a savings account or certificate of deposit may also be excluded.
44 The entire vehicle used to transport a disabled household member is also exempt.
45 The information in the table refers to the WISCAP IDA program. There are two other IDA programs in Wisconsin for which data on
limits, uses, and matching was unavailable.
46 The $12,000 exemption applies to one vehicle for a single-parent unit and to two vehicles for a married couple.
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Note: "No Explicit Test" indicates that either the state
Tests income tests on recipients or the 2002
Table IV.A.4 Income Eligibilityimposes no for Recipients, Julystate does impose
State Type of Test Income Must be Less Than
Alabama No Explicit Tests —-
Alaska Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
JOBSTART Net Income 185% of Need Standard
Arkansas Net Income 100% of Income Eligibility Standard
California No Explicit Tests —-
Colorado Gross Income 185% of Need Standard1
Connecticut Gross Earnings 100% of the Federal Poverty Level
Unearned Income 100% of Need Standard and 100% of Payment Standard
Delaware Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Net Income 100% of Standard of Need
D.C. No Explicit Tests —-
Florida Gross Income 185% of Federal Poverty Level
Georgia Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Hawaii Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Net Income 100% of Standard of Need
Idaho No Explicit Tests —-
Illinois No Explicit Tests —-
Indiana Net Income 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Iowa Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Kansas No Explicit Tests —-
Kentucky Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need2
Louisiana No Explicit Tests —-
Maine Gross Income 100% of Gross Income Test
Maryland No Explicit Tests —-
Massachusetts Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and Payment Standard
Michigan No Explicit Tests —-
Minnesota No Explicit Tests —-
Mississippi Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and Payment Standard 2
Missouri Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Montana Gross Income 185% of Benefit Standard
Nebraska No Explicit Tests —-
Nevada Gross Income 185% of Need Standard2
New Hampshire No Explicit Tests —-
New Jersey No Explicit Tests —-
New Mexico Gross Income 85% of Federal Poverty Level
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
New York Gross Income 185% of Need Standard and 100% of 1996 Federal Poverty Level
North Carolina No Explicit Tests —-
North Dakota No Explicit Tests —-
Ohio No Explicit Tests —-
Oklahoma Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Oregon
All, except JOBS Plus Gross Income 100% of Countable Income Limit
JOBS Plus Gross Income 100% of Food Stamp Countable Income Limit
Pennsylvania No Explicit Tests —-
Rhode Island No Explicit Tests —-
South Carolina Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
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Table IV.A.4 Income Eligibility Tests for Recipients, July 2002
State Type of Test Income Must be Less Than
South Dakota No Explicit Tests —-
Tennessee Gross Income 185% of Consolidated Need Standard
Texas Net Income 100% of Recognizable Needs
Utah Gross Income 185% of Adjusted Standard Needs Budget
Net Income 100% of Adjusted Standard Needs Budget
Vermont Gross Income 185% of Need Standard
Net Income 100% of Need Standard
Virginia
VIEW3 Gross Earnings 100% of Federal Poverty Level
Unearned Income 100% of Standard of Need
All, except VIEW Gross Income 185% of Standard of Need
Washington Gross Earnings 100% of Maximum Earned Income Limit
West Virginia Gross Income 100% of Standard of Need
Wisconsin Gross Income 115% of Federal Poverty Level
Wyoming No Explicit Tests —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: "No Explicit Test" indicates that either the state imposes no income tests on recipients or the state does impose an income test, but the
calculation of the test and disregards allowed for the test are not different from those used to calculate the benefit. See Table I.E.3 for
information on eligibility standards.
1 The gross income test does not apply to earnings for recipients receiving the 66.7 percent disregard.
2 The gross income test does not apply to earnings for recipients receiving the 100 percent disregard.
3 For two-parent units to be eligible, their gross earned income must be below 150 percent of the federal poverty level and
unearned income must be below 100 percent of the Standard of Need.
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Table IV.B.1 Family Cap Policies, July 2002
Special Special Treatment If
Treatment of Child Born More Than Increase in Cash Benefit for an Special Treatment
Additional X Months after Case Additional Child (and Special Discontinued If Case Closed
State Children Opening Provisions) X Months1
Alabama No —- —- —-
Alaska No —- —- —-
Arizona Yes 10 None (Disregard)2 Always Capped
Arkansas Yes Any Month after Case None 6
Opening
California Yes 10 3 None4 24
Colorado No —- —- —-
Connecticut Yes 10 $50 Always Capped
Delaware Yes5 10 None Always Capped
D.C. No —- —- —-
Florida Yes 10 Half of Normal Increment for First Always Capped
Child Subject to Cap6
Georgia Yes 10 Varies7 Always Capped
Hawaii No —- —- —-
Idaho No8 —- —- —-
Illinois Yes 10 None 9
Indiana Yes 10 None Always Capped
Iowa No —- —- —-
Kansas No —- —- —-
Kentucky No —- —- —-
Louisiana No —- —- —-
Maine No —- —- —-
Maryland Yes 10 None (Third-Party Payment)9 Always Third-Party Payment
Massachusetts Yes 10 None (Disregard)10 Always Capped
Michigan No —- —- —-
Minnesota No —- —- —-
Mississippi Yes 10 None Always Capped
Missouri No —- —- —-
Montana No —- —- —-
Nebraska Yes 10 None 6
Nevada No —- —- —-
New Hampshire No —- —- —-
New Jersey Yes 10 None (Earner Exemption)11 12 12
New Mexico No —- —- —-
New York No —- —- —-
North Carolina Yes 10 None Always Capped
North Dakota Yes 8 None 12
Ohio No —- —- —-
Oklahoma Yes 10 None (Voucher)13 Always Capped
Oregon No —- —- —-
Pennsylvania No —- —- —-
Rhode Island No —- —- —-
South Carolina Yes 10 None (Voucher)14 Always Capped
South Dakota No —- —- —-
Tennessee Yes 10 None 1 15
Texas No —- —- —-
Utah No —- —- —-
Vermont No —- —- —-
Virginia Yes 10 None Always Capped
Washington No —- —- —-
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Table IV.B.1 Family Cap Policies, July 2002
Special Special Treatment If
Treatment of Child Born More Than Increase in Cash Benefit for an Special Treatment
Additional X Months after Case Additional Child (and Special Discontinued If Case Closed
State Children Opening Provisions) X Months1
West Virginia No —- —- —-
Wisconsin No16 —- —- —-
Wyoming Yes 10 No Always Capped
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Some units may be exempt from family cap policies. See WRD for more details on specific state family cap exemption policies.
1 This column describes the number of months a unit must remain off of assistance in order to regain eligibility for a previously capped
child. Some states permanently exclude capped children even if the unit cycles on and off assistance, whereas other states may include
previously capped children in benefit and eligibility calculations if the unit has not received assistance for a specified period of time.
2 Units subjected to the family cap receive an additional disregard equal to the lost benefit amount. This additional disregard is allowed
for each month the member is excluded due to a cap.
3 The unit is exempt from the family cap if it leaves assistance for two months during the 10-month period leading up to the birth.
4 Any child support received for a child subject to the family cap is treated as exempt income.
5 In addition to the family cap policy, any child born after December 31, 1998 to an unmarried minor parent is ineligible for cash
assistance, regardless of whether the minor was receiving aid at the time of the birth. If the minor received benefits within 10 months
of the birth of the child, the child will always be capped. If the minor did not receive benefits within 10 months of the birth of the
child, the child will be eligible for assistance once the minor turns 18. Units in which the child is not permanently capped, may receive
non-cash assistance services in the form of vouchers upon request, but they will not be automatically given each month. Receipt is
based on need.
6 The normal increment is the additional amount a unit receives for adding a person to the unit. For instance, a two-person unit that
adds an additional child may receive another $30 each month since they are now a three-person unit. There is no increase in cash
benefits for the second child or subsequent children subject to the cap.
7 The additional child increases the standard of need but not the family maximum. If the family has no income, the cash benefit will not
increase. However, if the family has income, the benefit may increase but cannot increase higher than the maximum payment for the
family size excluding the capped child.
8 The state provides a flat maximum benefit, regardless of family size. However, the payment standard increases with family size, so
the benefit for a unit with income may increase with an additional child, but never beyond the maximum benefit level.
9 The money that the unit would have received for the additional child will instead go to a third party (e.g., church, charitable
organization, relative) to purchase necessary care requirements for the affected child.
10 Units subject to the family cap receive an additional disregard equal to the first $90 of income received by or on behalf of a capped
child in any month.
11 Units in which at least one adult member of the unit is working (any number of hours) are not subject to the family cap.
12 After case closure, if the recipient is employed for three months and loses the job by no fault of his or her own, the previously capped
child is included in the unit. These units do not receive a new 10-month grace period for any subsequent pregnancies.
13 The unit will not receive cash for an additional child; however, the unit will receive a voucher for the amount they would have
received during the first 36 months to pay for expenses associated with the child. Vouchers are similar to cash. The capped portion of
the benefit is distributed every month, divided into two vouchers that can be used at any store to purchase things necessary for the
capped child.
14 Benefits will be provided in the form of vouchers up to the amount of increase in cash benefits the unit would have received for the
child.
15 The family cap remains in effect if the case was closed for non-cooperation with Families First policies, without good cause, or
because of sanction. If the case was closed for non-cooperation, the family cap will remain in effect if the assistance group reapplies
within three month of case closure. If the case was closed because of sanction, the family cap remains in effect whenever the assistance
group reapplies.
16 The state provides a flat benefit, regardless of family size.
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Table IV.C.1 State Lifetime Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Whose Benefits Are Terminated:
State Lifetime Limit
Entire Unit Adult Only
Alabama 60 Months X —-
Alaska 60 Months X —-
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART — —- —-
JOBSTART 6 Months1 X —-
Arkansas 24 Months X —-
California 60 Months2 —- X
Colorado 60 Months X —-
Connecticut 21 Months3 X —-
Delaware 36 Months4 X —-
D.C. —5 —- —-
Florida 48 Months X —-
Georgia 48 Months X —-
Hawaii 60 Months X —-
Idaho 24 Months X —-
Illinois 60 Months X6 —-
Indiana 24 Months —- X
Iowa 60 Months7 X —-
Kansas 60 Months X —-
Kentucky 60 Months X —-
Louisiana 60 Months X —-
Maine —-8 —- —-
Maryland 60 Months —- X
Massachusetts —- —- —-
Michigan —- —- —-
Minnesota 60 Months X —-
Mississippi 60 Months X —-
Missouri 60 Months X —-
Montana 60 Months X —-
Nebraska 60 Months9 X —-
Nevada 60 Months X —-
New Hampshire
Employment Program 60 Months X —-
Family Assistance Program —- —- —-
New Jersey 60 Months X —-
New Mexico 60 Months X —-
New York —-10 —- —-
North Carolina 60 Months11 X —-
North Dakota 60 Months X —-
Ohio 60 Months12 X —-
Oklahoma 60 Months X —-
Oregon —- —- —-
Pennsylvania 60 Months X —-
Rhode Island 60 Months —- X
South Carolina 60 Months X —-
South Dakota 60 Months X —-
Tennessee 60 Months X —-
Texas 60 Months X —-
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Table IV.C.1 State Lifetime Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Whose Benefits Are Terminated:
State Lifetime Limit
Entire Unit Adult Only
Utah 36 Months X —-
Vermont —- —- —-
Virginia
VIEW 60 Months X —-
All, except VIEW —- —- —-
Washington 60 Months X —-
West Virginia 60 Months X —-
Wisconsin 60 Months13 X —-
Wyoming 60 Months X —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
1 Recipients may only participate in JOBSTART for a total of six months. If they want to continue receiving assistance after that time, they
are placed in the All, except JOBSTART component.
2 California's TANF funding began December 1996; however, recipients' benefit months did not begin to count against the units' 60-month
limit until January 1998. Using state funds, California will extend recipients' benefits beyond 60 months if the units received assistance
between December 1996 and January 1998. The length of the extension is equal to the number of months the unit received benefits during
this time period.
3 Recipients may apply for an extension to the time limit once their 21 months of assistance have expired. Recipients must reapply for
extensions every six months. Recipients may only receive three extensions unless they meet specific criteria (see WRD for information on
extension criteria). If a recipient is sanctioned during the extension period, he or she is ineligible to receive benefits again. Units may only
receive a total of 60 months, including extensions.
4 The 36-month time limit applies to assistance units that apply for benefits on or after January 1, 2000. Units that have received benefits
prior to this date are eligible for 48 months of assistance.
5 The District of Columbia uses local money to fund assistance units that have reached the 60-month lifetime time limit.
6 Children who do not live with a parent can still receive cash after their caretaker reaches the 60-month limit.
7 In addition to the 60-month lifetime limit, units must establish a time frame, with a specific ending date, during which the recipient expects
to become self-sufficient (i.e., when income is above eligibility limits). Recipients may select an ending date by laying out plans for a
training goal and calculating the time that will be needed to fulfill the activities needed to reach that goal, or select the desired ending date and
choose activities that will lead to self-sufficiency by that date. The ending date should remain fixed; it should not be regularly revised or
updated. However, the time frame can be extended if funding for activities or supportive services is not available. Recipients that fail to
demonstrate satisfactory progress or choose not to develop a time frame plan will have their unit's benefits eliminated indefinitely until they
sign a time frame plan. A recipient that fails again will have his or her unit's benefits eliminated for a minimum of six months and thereafter
until the recipient signs a time frame plan and completes 20 hours of work or training activity.
8 Units who are in compliance with TANF program rules may continue to receive benefits beyond 60 months. If members of the unit have
been sanctioned three or more times during their 60 months of assistance, the adult's needs are not considered for benefit computation for an
amount of time equal to the length of the adult's last sanction period.
9 Due to the implementation of a state time limit under a waiver, Nebraska assumed that months in which an individual received assistance did
not count toward the federal 60-month time limit. However, the state was notified by the federal government on August 1, 2002 that months
of assistance do (did) count against the 60-month limit. Therefore, the state retroactively applied the 60-month time limit to all recipients as
of the date TANF began or the first month of receipt under the waiver, whichever was later.
10 After 60 months, the unit is still eligible to receive non-cash assistance through the state's Safety Net Assistance program.
11 In certain circumstances, a child may be able to continue receiving benefits after the 60-month time limit has expired. Since the time limit
follows the adult, a child may enter a new household and become eligible in a new assistance unit.
12 After receiving 36 months of assistance, the case is closed; however, it is possible to receive 24 additional months of benefits if the unit has
not received benefits for at least 24 months and can demonstrate good cause for reapplying.
13 In addition to the total 60-month time limit, individuals are subject to a 24-month time limit in each of the following components: W-2
Transitions, Community Service Jobs (CSJ), and Trial Jobs.
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t establish a time frame, with a specific ending date, during which the recipient expects
sired ending date and
s and thereafter
istance did
that months
month time limit has expired. Since the time limit
additional months of benefits if the unit has
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Table IV.C.2 Other State Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Whose Benefits Are Terminated:
State Time Limit
Entire Unit Adult Only
Alabama —- —- —-
Alaska —- —- —-
Arizona
All, except JOBSTART 24 Out of 60 Months1 —- X
JOBSTART —- 2 —- —-
Arkansas —- —- —-
California —- —- —-
Colorado —- —- —-
Connecticut —- —- —-
Delaware — — —-
D.C. —- —- —-
Florida 24 Out of 60 Months or 36 Out of 72 X —-
Months3
Georgia —- —- —-
Hawaii —- —- —-
Idaho —- —- —-
Illinois —- —- —-
Indiana —- —- —-
Iowa —- —- —-
Kansas —- —- —-
Kentucky —- —- —-
Louisiana 24 Out of 60 Months X —-
Maine —- —- —-
Maryland —- —- —-
Massachusetts
Exempt —- —- —-
Nonexempt 24 Out of 60 Months X —-
Michigan —- —- —-
Minnesota —- —- —-
Mississippi —- —- —-
Missouri —- —- —-
Montana —- —- —-
Nebraska —- —- —-
Time-Limited Assistance 24 Out of 48 Months X —-
Non-Time-Limited Assistance —- —- —-
Nevada 24 Months; Followed by 12 Months of X —-
Ineligibility
New Hampshire —- —- —-
New Jersey —- —- —-
New Mexico —- —- —-
New York —- —- —-
North Carolina 24 Months; Followed by 36 Months of X —-
Ineligibility
North Dakota —- —- —-
Ohio 36 Months; Followed by 24 Months of X —-
Ineligibility
Oklahoma —- —- —-
Oregon 24 Out of 86 Months X —-
Pennsylvania —- —- —-
Rhode Island —- —- —-
South Carolina 24 Out of 120 Months X —-
South Dakota —- —- —-
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Table IV.C.2 Other State Time Limit Policies, July 2002
Whose Benefits Are Terminated:
State Time Limit
Entire Unit Adult Only
Tennessee 18 Months; Followed by 3 Months of X —-
Ineligibility
Texas 12, 24, or 36 Months; Followed by 60 —- X
Months of Ineligibility4
Utah —- 5 —- —-
Vermont —- —- —-
Virginia
VIEW 24 Months; Followed by 24 Months of X —-
Ineligibility6
All, except VIEW —- —- —-
Washington —- —- —-
West Virginia —- —- —-
Wisconsin —- —- —-
Wyoming —- —- —-
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
1 Ifa recipient reaches the 24-month limit, he or she loses eligibility, but his or her children are still eligible for benefits. The full resources and
income of the ineligible individual are counted when determining the benefit for the eligible members of the unit; however, the needs of the
ineligible individual are not included. In addition, the unit gets another disregard equal to the benefit amount lost due to the removal of the
ineligible member. Note the ineligible member may still receive support services such as medical assistance, child care, and JOBS services.
Also, for two parent families a periodic time limit applies: six months of eligibility in any 12-month period.
2 Two-parent families are only eligible for: six months of eligibility in any 12-month period.
3 The 24 out of 60 months limit applies to nonexempt recipients who have received less than 36 months of assistance during the previous 60
months and are (1) over age 24, or (2) under 24 with a high school diploma/GED. The 36 out of 72 months limit applies to nonexempt
recipients that (1) have received benefits for 36 of the previous 60 months or (2) are under age 24, have not completed high school/GED, are
not enrolled in a high school equivalency program, and have little or no work experience.
4 The 12-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who (1) did not complete the 11th grade and have 18 months or more of recent work
experience, or (2) have either a high school diploma/GED, certificate from post-secondary school, or certificate or degree from
vocational/technical school, and any work experience. The 24-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who (1) have not completed the
11th grade and have six through 17 months of recent work experience, or (2) have completed the 11th grade but not the 12th grade or have a
GED, and have completed 17 or fewer months of work experience. The 36-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who (1) have less than
six months of recent work experience and (2) have not completed the 11th grade. Also, when determining the benefit for the remaining eligible
individuals in the unit, the following procedure is used: Calculate the countable gross monthly earned income of the disqualified
parent/caretaker. Subtract the standard $120 work-related deduction from the earned income. Add the disqualified parent/caretaker's unearned
income. Subtract the following: payments made to other dependents outside the home, amount paid in alimony and/or child support, and the
Budgetary Needs Standard for the disqualified parent/caretaker plus the caretaker's dependents who live in the home but are excluded from the
unit. The remaining income is deemed available to the unit.
5 Two-parent families in which the principle wage earner is unemployed are only eligible for seven months of assistance in a 13-month period.
6 After receiving 24 months of assistance, the unit may receive up to 12 months of transitional benefits. The 24 months of ineligibility begins
with the month in which the case was closed or the month in which transitional benefits were terminated, whichever is later.
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ses eligibility, but his or her children are still eligible for benefits. The full resources and
) have less than
th grade. Also, when determining the benefit for the remaining eligible
ted deduction from the earned income. Add the disqualified parent/caretaker's unearned
uded from the
month period.
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Table IV.C.3 State Time Limit Exemption Policies, July 2002
Unit exempt for months in which the head was:
Working (min. Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
wk hrs) or had but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
earned income find Ill or incapacitated age (month or Minor older) Domestic
State (min. dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) parent (years) Violence Other
Alabama No No No No No No No No No —-
Alaska No No No No No No Yes No No Receiving diversion payments
Arizona
All, except No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Receiving diversion payments
Jobstart Not required to participate in activities
Receiving less than a $10 benefit
Jobstart No No No No No No No No Yes Receiving diversion payments
1
Arkansas No Yes Yes Yes 3 7 No 60 Yes Receiving diversion payments2
Receiving assistance in another state3
Not receiving support services
Not required to participate in activities
California4 No No Yes Yes No No Yes5 60 Yes Receiving diversion payments6
Sanctioned for noncompliance
Months in which the full amount of assistance
is reimbursed by child support
Colorado No No No No No No No No No —-
7 8 9
Connecticut No No Yes Yes 12 1 Yes 60 No An unemployable adult10
Delaware 20 Hrs11 No Yes Yes No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
Unemployed due to high local
unemployment12
Not job ready
D.C. No No No No No No No No Yes Receiving diversion payments
Participating in the POWER program13
Florida14 No No No Yes 3 15 No Yes No No Receiving diversion payments
Not job ready
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Not receiving support services
Receiving less than a $10 benefit
Georgia No No No No No No No No No —-
Hawaii No No Yes16 Yes 6 No No 60 Yes17 Receiving diversion payments
Volunteering for VISTA
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Table IV.C.3 State Time Limit Exemption Policies, July 2002
Unit exempt for months in which the head was:
Working (min. Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
wk hrs) or had but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
earned income find Ill or incapacitated age (month or Minor older) Domestic
State (min. dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) parent (years) Violence Other
Idaho No No No No No No Yes No No Sanctioned for noncompliance
Illinois 30 Hrs18 No No Yes19 No No Yes No Yes In a post-secondary education program20
Living with a disabled child in the home21
Participating in ERA experimental groups22
Indiana No No No No No No No No No —-
Iowa No No No No No No No No No Receiving assistance in another state
Receiving diversion payments
Kansas No No No No No No Yes No No Receiving assistance in another state
Kentucky No No No No No No Yes23 No No Receiving diversion payments
Louisiana Any Earned No No25 No No No26 No No No —-27
24
Income
Receiving diversion payments
Maine No No No 28 No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
No
Maryland Any Earned No No No No No No No Yes Receiving diversion payments
Income 29
Massachusetts
Exempt30 —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Nonexempt No No No No No No No No Yes Sanctioned for noncompliance31
Michigan —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Minnesota No No No No No No Yes32 60 33 Yes34 Choosing to opt out of receiving the cash
portion of the grant or receiving only the food
portion of the grant
Receiving diversion payments
Mississippi No No No No No No No No No —-
Missouri No No Yes No No No No 60 No Participating in a wage supplementation
program
Montana No No No No No No Yes35 No No —-
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Table IV.C.3 State Time Limit Exemption Policies, July 2002
Unit exempt for months in which the head was:
Working (min. Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
wk hrs) or had but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
earned income find Ill or incapacitated age (month or Minor older) Domestic
State (min. dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) parent (years) Violence Other
Nebraska
Time Limited No No No No 3 No Yes36 No Yes Receiving assistance in another state
Assistance Sanctioned for noncompliance
Non-Time
Limited- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Assistance30
Nevada No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments37
Sanctioned for noncompliance38
New Hampshire
NH No No No No No No No No Yes —-
Employment
Program
Family
Assistance —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Program30
New Jersey No No Yes Yes No No Yes 60 Yes Receiving diversion payments
Not job ready
New Mexico No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
In the Educational Works Program (a post-
secondary education program)39
New York No No No No No No No No No —-
North Carolina
Work First No No No40 No41 No42 No No No43 No41 Receiving diversion payments
Active
—-44
Work First No No No No No No No No No —-
Prepatory
North Dakota No No No No No No No No No —-
Ohio No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
Oklahoma No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
Oregon Any Earned No Yes 46 No No No No No In the JOBS program, or failed to participate
Yes
Income45 but with good cause
Not required to participate in activities
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Table IV.C.3 State Time Limit Exemption Policies, July 2002
Unit exempt for months in which the head was:
Working (min. Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
wk hrs) or had but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
earned income find Ill or incapacitated age (month or Minor older) Domestic
State (min. dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) parent (years) Violence Other
Pennsylvania47 30 Hrs48 Yes49 Yes50 No No No No No Yes51 Receiving no cash benefit
Sanctioned for noncompliance
Rhode Island 30 Hrs No Yes52 Yes No No No 60 Yes —-
South Carolina14 No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No —-
South Dakota No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments
Tennessee53 No No Yes Yes54 4 No Yes 60 Yes55 Not job ready56
Not receiving support services
Not required to participate in activities
In drug treatment
57 57
Texas Earnings up to No Yes Yes No No No No No Receiving diversion payments37
$168 57
Unemployed due to high local
unemployment58
Utah No No No No No No No No No —-
Vermont —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Virginia
VIEW No No No41 No41 No59 No60 No61 No62 No Receiving diversion payments
All except for
—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
VIEW30
Washington No No No No No No Yes No 63 Receiving diversion payments
Yes
Suffering from a hardship
Participating in the Community Jobs program
and received no cash benefit
West Virginia No No No No No No No No No Receiving diversion payments64
Wisconsin No No No No 3 No No No No Receiving diversion payments
Wyoming No No No No No No Yes65 No No In a post-secondary education program66
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: Exemption policies apply to months in which the state does not count a month of assistance toward the state's time limit (or "stops the clock"). Also, note that these policies are potential exemptions
and may not be granted to all that are eligible. In most states, caseworkers have discretion in applying the exemptions.
If a state has multiple time limits (for example a periodic limit and a lifetime limits) and applies the exemption policies differently to the time limits, the exemptions in the table apply to the lifetime limit
and the exemptions for the periodic limit are footnoted.
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If a state has multiple time limits (for example a periodic limit and a lifetime limits) and applies the exemption policies differently to the time limits, the exemptions in the table apply to the lifetime limit
and the exemptions for the periodic limit are footnoted.
The federal government requires that states disregard months during which the adult lived in Indian country or in an Alaskan Native village with an adult unemployment rate of at least 50 percent.
Additionally, because time limit calculations apply only to families that include adults (or minor heads-of-household), time limits do not apply to child-only units or to any month in which an adult received
assistance as a dependent child.
1 Three months applies to parents who have child care. If no child care is available, parents caring for children under 12 months of age are exempt.
2 The diversion payment is considered a loan; therefore the recipient must pay back any amount borrowed. Any amount that is paid back will not count toward the time limit; however, if all or a portion of
the amount has not been repaid, the months will count.
3 If the adult received more than 36 months of payments in another state, all payments received in the other state count toward the time limit. If the adult received less than 36 months of assistance, none of
the payments count toward the time limit.
4 Counties have the option to vary their time limit exemption policies. These policies refer to Los Angeles county.
5 Minor parents are exempt in months in which they are eligible for, participating in, or exempt from the Cal-Learn program.
6 If the unit applies for monthly TANF benefits after the diversion period (diversion amount divided by monthly benefit) ends, the state counts one month toward the time limit. If the unit applies during the
diversion period, it can choose to count the diversion payment toward the time limit or repay the diversion amount at a rate of 10 percent of the monthly benefit each month until the diversion is repaid.
7 The exemption does not apply to children that are subject to a family cap.
8 Pregnant or postpartum women are exempt if a physician certifies the woman's inability to work. In addition, a woman whose pregnancy ended within six weeks is also exempt.
9 All minor parents are exempt (whether they head the unit or not), provided the minor parent is in high school or earning his or her GED.
10 To be "Unemployable," an adult must: (1) be age 40 or older, (2) be unemployed, (3) be fully cooperating with program requirements, (4) have not completed grade 6, and (5) have not been employed
over 6 months in the past five years.
11 To be exempt, the family's countable income must be below the need standard for the family size.
12 High unemployment occurs when the state unemployment rate exceeds the national average by two percent or the state unemployment rate is 7.5 percent or higher.
13 Participants who have physical, mental health, substance abuse, learning disabilities or other such incapacities that make them unable to participate in work activities, are eligible for D.C.s locally-funded
POWER program. Recipients in POWER are exempt from time limits.
14 The exemptions apply to both the periodic time limit and the lifetime limit.
15 Three months applies to parents who have child care. If no child care is available, parents caring for children under 6 years of age are exempt.
16 To be exempt, the individual must have been ill or incapacitated for at least 30 days.
17 To be exempt, the individual must be unemployed or employed less than 20 hours per week, have had a relationship to the perpetrator of the violence, and have taken action as a result of the domestic
violence (such as getting a court order protecting the individual from the perpetrator, or living in a domestic violence shelter within the past 12 months). After the first six-month exemption period has
ended, the individual may be allowed an additional six-month exemption if he or she has maintained active participation with a domestic violence agency and the agency recommends the additional period.
The additional period will not be granted if the perpetrator resides in the same household as the victim.
18 The head of a one-parent unit must work 30 hours per week, while both parents of a two-parent unit must work a combined total of 35 hours per week to receive the exemption.
19 The ill/incapacitated/disabled person must be a related child under age 18 or a spouse.
20 To be exempt, the caretaker relative must attend the post-secondary education program full-time and retain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
21 To be exempt, the disabled child must be approved for a waiver under the Home and Community-Based Care Program.
22 An exemption is given for a month in which a unit head is participating in the Employment Retention & Advancement (ERA) project and is part of the experimental group participating in education and
training-focused activities. These participants must spend at least 10 hours per week in education and training-focused activities and work at least 20 hours per week.
23 To be exempt, the minor parent must live in an adult-supervised setting.
24 Only those months in which the individual is eligible for the state's $900 earned income deduction are exempt (the deduction is allowed for up to six months). This exemption applies to the periodic time
limit but not the lifetime limit.
25 This group is exempt from the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
26 Women in their last three months of pregnancy and first month after the birth of the child are exempt from the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
27 Months in which the individual received assistance in another state and months in which he or she was sanctioned are exempt from the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
28 Families that received benefits based on incapacity because the second parent or caretaker relative was a SSI recipient are exempt.
29 An applicant who passes the 20 percent income test is allowed a 35 percent income disregard as a recipient. Recipients eligible for the 35 percent disregard are exempt from federal and state time limits.
30 Recipients in this component are exempt from time limits. The criteria for inclusion in this component may include some of the exemptions listed in this table; see Appendix 1 for more information on
the composition of the component.
31 Only those months in which the entire unit is ineligible for a benefit are exempt.
32 To be exempt, minor parents must be living in a supervised setting and complying with a social service plan, or if they are 18 or 19 years of age, they must be complying with education requirements.
33 If the elderly person has reached the 60 month lifetime limit before turning 60, he or she is not eligible for this exemption.
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33 Ifthe elderly person has reached the 60 month lifetime limit before turning 60, he or she is not eligible for this exemption.
34 To be exempt, the family must be complying with a safety plan.
35 To be exempt, the minor parent must be complying with activities requirements.
36 Any month that a minor parent, under age 19 spends in high school or actively working toward a GED is exempt.
37 The exemption applies to both the benefit waiting period time limit and the lifetime limit.
38 This exemption only applies to months in which sanctions reduce the amount of the benefit to $0.
39 Participation in the Education Works Program is limited to 24 months, whether consecutive or not.
40 Months in which the individual is ill or incapacitated for at least 30 days are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
41 This group is exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
42 Individuals caring for a child under 12 months of age are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
43 Individuals 65 years old and older are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
44 Months in which the family does not have access to support services are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
45 Any month in which the family's countable earned income equals or exceeds 173 percent of the Oregon minimum wage counts as two-fifths of a month toward the time limit.
46 The exemption is limited to three months in a two-year period.
47 The exemptions for working recipients, cooperating but unemployed recipients, and ill or incapacitated recipients may be used on multiple occasions under multiple criteria, but the total time exempted
cannot exceed 12 months.
48 Two-parent families in which one or both parents are working 55 hours a week in paid employment also qualify. Additionally, a recipient may qualify if he or she is working at least 20 hours a week in
paid employment and is also engaged in approved employment and training activities so that the total work plus education/training hours per week equals or exceeds 30 hours.
49 An individual who has completed the required eight-week job search and, in the first 12 months of cash assistance, has begun a contracted or otherwise DPW-approved Employment and Training
program for 30 hours a week or a full-time post-secondary educational activity may receive this exemption.
50 A recipient who is exempt from work requirements due to a verified physical or mental disability may receive this exemption if he or she is receiving services that move him or her toward maximum
workforce participation.
51 A victim of domestic violence is exempted for an initial six-month period. An additional six-month period may be granted if a Domestic Violence Counselor verifies the need.
52 To be exempt, a recipient must be unable to work more than 30 hours per week because of a documented physical or mental incapacity.
53 Unless otherwise noted, these exemptions apply to both the benefit waiting period time limit and the lifetime limit.
54 The relative or child must live in the home with the caretaker and require full-time care as determined by a physician or other health care professional.
55 The exemption is only allowed once in a 12-month period, then a Family Services counselor must assess the situation before extending the exemption. If the unit is residing in a domestic violence
shelter, the exemption lasts throughout their stay.
56 An individual is defined as "not job-ready" when he or she functions at or below an 8.9 grade level and is participating in a basic or remedial education program.
57 The exemption applies only to the benefit waiting period time limit.
58 This exemption can continue as long as the recipient contacts an average of 40 employers per month (job search). This applies only to the benefit waiting period time limit.
59 Individuals caring for a child under 18 months of age are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
60 Women beyond their fourth month of pregnancy are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
61 Minor parents under the age of 19 who are heading their own unit are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit (but not the lifetime limit) if they are enrolled in school.
62 Individuals 60 years of age and older are exempt from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
63 This exemption is only available to adults who have received 52 countable months of assistance.
64 For units who received diversion assistance prior to July 2000, three months are counted toward the lifetime limit.
65 Up to one year of assistance will count against minor parents who received assistance before reaching their 18th birthday. All months beyond 12 will not count toward the lifetime limit.
66 This applies to individuals who participate in the state's "State Adult Student Financial Aid (SASFA)" program, meet the attendance requirements of their educational institution, and receive a passing
grade (no incompletes or "F's") in all classes each semester.
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ops the clock"). Also, note that these policies are potential exemptions
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only units or to any month in which an adult received
back will not count toward the time limit; however, if all or a portion of
months of assistance, none of
state counts one month toward the time limit. If the unit applies during the
funded
omestic violence agency and the agency recommends the additional period.
and is part of the experimental group participating in education and
ime
percent disregard are exempt from federal and state time limits.
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Table IV.C.4 State Time Limit Extension Policies, July 2002
Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
Alabama No 1 2 Yes No No 60 Yes In drug treatment
Yes Yes
Unemployed due to high local unemployment3
Unemployed due to significant personal barrier4
Alaska No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Suffering from a hardship5
Arizona
All, except Jobstart No Yes No No No No No No In an education or training program6
Jobstart No No No No No No No No —-
Arkansas No Yes Yes Yes 37 7 60 Yes In an education or training program8
Not receiving support services
Not required to participate in activities
Likely to neglect his/her children due to loss of
benefit
California9 No Yes Yes Yes No No 60 Yes —-
Colorado No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Not receiving support services10
Family instability11
Involved in the judicial system (or if any family
member is involved)
Connecticut12 No Yes No No No No No Yes —-
Delaware No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Not receiving support services13
D.C. 30 hrs Yes Yes Yes 12 6 60 Yes —-
Florida14 Yes15 Yes Yes No 3 16 No No Yes Not job ready
Not receiving support services
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Likely to place children in foster care or
emergency shelter due to loss of benefit
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Table IV.C.4 State Time Limit Extension Policies, July 2002
Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
Georgia No Yes 17 Yes No No No Yes In drug treatment
Yes
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Not self-sufficient due to a natural disaster
Hawaii No No No No No No No No —-
Idaho No No Yes Yes No No No No —-
Illinois No No Yes18 Yes No No No Yes18 In treatment program for barriers to work19
In an approved education or training program20
Living with a disabled child in the home21
Participating in social services, which prevents
full-time employment22
Indiana 1 Month for Yes Yes No No No No No Not receiving support services
Every 6 Months
Worked
Iowa No No Yes Yes No No No Yes In drug treatment
Not job ready
Suffering from a hardship23
Not receiving support services
Kansas No Yes Yes Yes No No 60 Yes Participating in family services which prevents
full-time employment
Financially eligible for benefits and cooperating
with program requirements in the 60th month
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Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
Kentucky No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
In a unit in which a member lost their job within
30 days of reaching the 60 month time limit
Unemployed due to high local unemployment24
Non-parent caretaker relative receiving benefits
Louisiana14 No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes In drug treatment
Not job ready
Not receiving support services
Experiencing a temporary family crisis25
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Unemployed through no fault of their own26
Maine No No No No No No No No —-
Maryland No No No No No No No No —-
Massachusetts
Exempt27 —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Nonexempt 35 Hrs No No No No No No No Participating in an approved education or
training program
Michigan —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Minnesota 30 Hrs28 No Yes29 Yes No No No Yes30 Choosing to opt out of receiving the cash portion
of the grant or receiving only the food portion of
the grant
Not job ready
Hard to employ due to mental illness, mental
retardation, learning disabilities, or low IQ31
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
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Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
Mississippi No Yes Yes Yes 2 7 60 Yes32 In drug treatment
Not receiving support services
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Missouri No No No No No No No Yes In drug or mental health treatment
Experiencing a family crisis33
Participating in children's services
Montana No No Yes Yes No No No Yes —-
Nebraska
Time Limited No No No No No No No No Not earning sufficient income to avoid extreme
Assistance hardship34
Unable to obtain a job that would raise income
above the TANF benefit
Non-Time Limited-
—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Assistance27
Nevada35 No No Yes Yes 12 36 No 60 Yes In drug or mental health treatment37
New Hampshire
NH Employment No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Suffering from a hardship38
Program
Family Assistance
—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Program27
New Jersey 40 Hrs Yes Yes Yes 12 1 No Yes Suffering from a hardship39
Unemployed through no fault of their own
Employed full-time but eligible for benefits due
to earned income disregards
New Mexico No No Yes Yes No No 60 Yes40 —-
New York No No Yes Yes No No No Yes In drug treatment
Not job ready
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Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
North Carolina No No41 Yes Yes No No No Yes Suffering from a hardship42
—-43
North Dakota No No Yes Yes No No 65 Yes —-
Ohio No No No No No No No No Suffering from a hardship
Oklahoma 30 Hrs No No Yes No No No No In drug treatment
Underemployed for an extended period due to
documented barriers
Mentally ill and receiving treatment
In a training or education program in the 60th
month that could be completed within 12 months
Pending SSI/SSA disability application
Oregon No Yes No No No No No No A minor parent
Pennsylvania No No No No No No No No —-
Rhode Island No No Yes44 No No No No Yes In drug treatment
Not job ready
In an educational activity and working 20 to 30
hours per week
In an ESL or literacy skills program for 20 hours
per week
Homeless
Not receiving support services45
South Carolina 30 Hrs 46
No 47
Yes14
Yes 14 No No No Yes 46 In drug treatment46
A minor parent48
—-49
South Dakota No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Unable to work due to low intellectual function
Unable to work due to a family safety issue50
Tennessee No Yes51 No No No No No No —-52
Texas Earnings up to Yes53 Yes35
Yes 35 No No No Yes 54
Unemployed due to high local unemployment55
$16835
Not receiving support services56
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Assistance extended to unit for months in which the head is:
Working (min.
weekly hrs) or Cooperating Caring for an Caring for
had earned but unable to ill or child under Pregnant Age (or Victim of
income (min. find Ill or incapacitated age (month or older) Domestic
State dollars) employment incapacitated person (months) later) (years) Violence Other
Utah 80 hours per Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Suffering from a hardship
month57 A minor parent
Vermont —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Virginia
VIEW No No No No No No No No —-58
All except for
—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
VIEW27
Washington No No Yes Yes 4 No No No Not required to participate in activities
Participating in the WorkFirst program
West Virginia No Yes Yes59 Yes 6 7 60 No Yes Unemployed due to high local unemployment
In a training or education program in the 55th
month that could be completed within 12 months
Not receiving support services61
Wisconsin No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Significant barriers to employment62
Unemployed due to high local unemployment
Wyoming No No Yes63 Yes63 No No No Yes In a post-secondary education program64
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: Extension policies apply to months in which the state provides additional benefits to families after they have reached their time limit. These policies are potential extensions and may not be
granted to all that are eligible. In most states, caseworkers have discretion in applying the extensions.
If a state has multiple time limits (for example a periodic limit and a lifetime limit) and applies the extension policies differently to the time limits, the extensions in the table apply to the lifetime limit
and the extensions for the periodic limit are footnoted.
The federal government requires that states disregard months during which the adult lived in Indian country or in an Alaskan Native village with an adult unemployment rate of at least 50 percent .
Additionally, because time limit calculations apply only to families that include adults (or minor heads-of-household), time limits do not apply to child-only units or to any month in which an adult
received assistance as a dependent child.
1 To receive an extension, the individual must have received at least 12 of the last 24 months of assistance under a basic hardship, be compliant with JOBS, have not been disqualified for
noncompliance, and be certified as not currently employable by a JOBS caseworker.
2 To receive the extension, the individual must have a temporary physical or mental incapacity that must be reevaluated every 30 days, or a physical or mental incapacity as determined by a physician
or licensed mental health practitioner.
3 The extension applies to individuals who live in a Food Stamp ABAWD waiver county, are compliant with JOBS, are not currently employed, and have not been disqualified from receiving
assistance due to noncompliance.
4 To receive the extension, the individual must be engaged in activities to overcome his or her personal barrier(s). Examples of barriers may include, but are not limited to the inability to speak
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4 To receive the extension, the individual must be engaged in activities to overcome his or her personal barrier(s). Examples of barriers may include, but are not limited to the inability to speak
English, needing extensive dental work, or having a learning disability, such as Attention Deficit Disorder.
5 Benefits are extended if the family experiences circumstances outside of its control that prevent the caretaker from participating in work activities or becoming self-sufficient,
and the loss of benefits would result in conditions that threaten the health and safety of the family.
6 Education and training programs include: vocational training, technical training, JOBS programs, and postsecondary education. The extension is limited to eight months and the individual must
reapply for the extension every four months.
7 Three months applies to parents who have child care. If no child care is available, parents caring for children under 12 months of age receive the extension.
8 The individual must be within six months of completing his or her education or training program.
9 Counties have the option to vary their time limit exemption policies. These policies refer to Los Angeles county.
10 The extension is provided to families that have inadequate or unavailable transportation, child care, or housing.
11 Family instability may be caused by a caretaker's inability to maintain stable employment or his or her inability to care for the children in his or her own home or in the home of a relative.
12 Extensions are only granted if the total family income is below the state's payment standard. Units must also make a good faith effort to comply with employment services.
13 Support services include, but are not limited to, domestic violence counseling, substance abuse treatment, family planning, and employment training.
14 The extensions apply to both the periodic time limit and the lifetime limit.
15 This extension can be used a maximum of 12 months.
16 Three months applies to parents who have child care. If no child care is available, parents caring for children under six years of age receive an extension.
17 This extension applies to individuals with mental illness, emotional trauma, mental retardation, and physical disability.
18 The extension is granted if treatment prevents the individual from working full-time.
19 The extension is granted if the treatment prevents the individual from working at least 30 hours per week. Barriers to work include treatment for mental health, substance abuse, homeless services,
domestic violence, DCFS (child protective services), and vocational rehabilitation.
20 To receive the extension, the recipient must be able to complete the program within six months after the time limit ends.
21 To receive the extension, the disabled child must be approved for a waiver under the Home and Community-Based Care Program.
22 The services could include family services, homelessness services, or vocational rehabilitation.
23 Benefits will be extended if the individual suffers from a hardship that keeps him or her from becoming self-sufficient. Examples of hardships may include but are not limited to: domestic violence,
physical or mental health problems, substance abuse problems, the inability to find or keep a job, lack of suitable child care, difficult housing situations, or caring for a child with special needs.
24 To receive this extension, recipients must participate in activities requirements for 30 hours per week.
25 A temporary family crisis may include, a death of a family member, eviction, a serious illness, or an accident.
26 The family may receive an extension for months in which the family was sanctioned. This extension applies to the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
27 Recipients in this component are exempt from time limits. The criteria for inclusion in this component may include some exemptions listed in this table; see Appendix 1 for more information on the
composition of the component.
28 The 30 hours per week applies to one-parent families. Two-parent families must participate in activities for 55 hours per week. For one-parent families, 25 of the 30 hours must be in employment
and 45 of the 55 hours must be in employment for two-parent families. Participants must also be in compliance in the 60th month as well as for 10 out of the last 12 months preceding the 61st month
to be eligible for the extension.
29 To receive the extension, the recipient must have a medical condition for more than 30 days that either prevents or limits him or her from obtaining or retaining employment. If a physician indicates
that the incapacity limits but doesn't prevent work, the recipient may receive the extension as long as he or she works the number of hours specified by his or her health care provider.
30 To receive the extension, the family must be complying with a safety plan.
31 To receive the extension, the recipient must be assessed by a vocational specialist or licensed physician as being unable to obtain or retain available employment.
32 The domestic violence extension applies to months in which the assistance unit is fleeing from or receiving treatment for domestic violence or abuse, which includes sexual, mental, or physical
abuse or battery and applies if the child or the adult is the one being subject to the abuse.
33 A family crisis may include, but is not limited to, a home destroyed by fire, a temporary disability of the payee, the accidental injury of family member, job loss due to a poor economy, or being the
victim of a crime.
34 A family is considered to have insufficient income if its gross income is less than 185 percent of the TANF benefit it would receive. A family is suffering from extreme hardship if it does not have
enough money to meet the costs of basic needs (i.e. food, clothing, and housing).
35 The extensions apply to both the benefit waiting period time limit and the lifetime limit.
36 Months in which the parent was exempt from activities requirements because he or she was caring for a young child are deducted from the 12-month extension period. For example, if the unit head
was previously exempted from activities requirements for three months and then reaches the 60 month time limit, he or she may only receive an additional nine months extension of benefits, provided
one of his or her children is under 12 months of age.
37 To receive the extension, a caseworker must determine that the recipient is experiencing a drug, alcohol, or mental health treatment related hardship.
38 The hardship extensions are available to all open and reapplication cases. Hardships include lack of adequate child care, loss of employment, life-threatening circumstance or emergency situation,
medical condition, medical condition of another household member, learning disability, participation in a substance abuse or mental health program, family/domestic violence. The following criteria is
only available to cases open at 60 months: in compliance with NHEP participation requirements. The following criteria is only available to TANF reapplicants who have received at least 60 months of
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only available to cases open at 60 months: in compliance with NHEP participation requirements. The following criteria is only available to TANF reapplicants who have received at least 60 months of
TANF and are in compliance with NHEP requirements: working 30 hours a week, or do not meet any other hardship criteria. An across-the-board hardship extension may be granted if New
Hampshire Employment Security has determined that the state is eligible for the federal/state cooperative extended benefit program or has a statewide unemployment rate of 7 percent.
39 Benefits are extended to families if termination would subject the family to extreme hardship. Extreme hardship is defined as one of the following (some of these are included above): (1) Periods of
temporary incapacity resulting in work deferrals of more than 12 consecutive months that did not allow the recipient sufficient time to gain self-sufficiency; (2) A current temporary deferral, such as
for incapacity due to pregnancy, or the need to care for a child under 12 weeks old; (3) A current temporary deferral due to circumstances such as a lack of transportation or available child care to
support work; (4) If participant has been fully compliant with program requirements with no more than one sanction in the previous 12 months, and he or she is still unable to obtain sufficient
employment; or (5) A domestic violence situation renders a recipient temporarily incapable of sustaining the family without continued support.
40 In addition, individuals who are considered battered or subjected to extreme cruelty also receive an extension. Battery and extreme cruelty occur when an individual has been physically attacked,
sexually abused, raped, threatened with physical or sexual abuse, exposed to mental abuse, or deprived of medical care.
41 Individuals who are substantially complying with their Personal Responsibility Contract and are unable to obtain or maintain employment that provides a basic level of subsistence (defined as less
than the state's maximum Work First payment minus $90 from each worker's income) receive an extension from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
42 A family may receive a hardship extension if one of the following occurs: (1) battered or abused family members, (2) severe illness of children or parents, (3) inhibiting education level, (4) severe
unemployment, (5) lack of child care, (6) substance abuse treatment participation, (7) inhibiting criminal record, (8) homelessness or substandard housing, (9) one or more children in the home are
receiving child welfare services, (10) inadequate access to employment services during the 60 months, (11) lack of transportation, (12) any other situation which makes employment unattainable.
Also, benefits are extended for months in which the unit head participates in postsecondary education. This applies to the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
43 Participants in postsecondary education programs may receive an extension to the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
44 To receive the extension, the recipient must works less than 30 hours per week because of a documented physical or mental incapacity.
45 The extension is provided to families that are homeless or have inadequate or unavailable child care.
46 The extensions apply to the lifetime limit but not the periodic time limit.
47 The extension applies to the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
48 The extension applies to the periodic and the lifetime limit of minor parents who have not yet completed high school.
49 Individuals who are participating in a county-approved training program may receive an extension from the periodic time limit but not the lifetime limit.
50 Examples of family safety issues are homelessness or domestic violence.
51 The assistance unit must be in compliance with its personal responsibility plan for the most recent 18 months and have income that is less than the maximum grant for its assistance group size plus
the earned income disregard. This applies to both the benefit waiting period time limit and the lifetime limit.
52 Individuals who are unemployed due to high local unemployment may receive an extension from benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
53 To be eligible for this extension, the recipient must be unable to obtain sufficient employment during last 12 consecutive months before end of 60 month limit, and can have no more than one
sanction since November 1, 1996. The inability to obtain sufficient employment cannot be the result of voluntarily quitting a job. This applies to the lifetime limit but not the benefit waiting period.
54 This extension applies to the lifetime time limit but not to the benefit waiting period.
55 This extension can continue as long as the recipient contacts an average of 40 employers per month (job search). This applies to both the benefit waiting period time limit and the lifetime limit.
56 To be eligible for this extension, the recipient must reside in a county in which he or she receives minimum or mid-level services during the 60th month or at any time during the 11 countable
months immediately preceding the 60th month of benefit receipt. This applies to the lifetime limit but not the benefit waiting period.
57 An extension is granted if the following three conditions are met: (1) During the previous month, the parent was employed for no less than 80 hours; (2) During six of the previous 24 months the
parent received assistance, he or she was employed for no less than 80 hours a month; and (3) The parent is expected to be employed for no less than 80 hours in the month financial assistance is being
authorized for.
58 Individuals who are suffering from a hardship may receive an extension from the benefit waiting period time limit but not the lifetime limit.
59 Clients who experience the onset of a temporary incapacity after the 55th month of assistance may qualify for a one-time extension while undergoing treatment.
60 Pregnant women (including emancipated minor parents under 18 years of age) who will be in their third trimester or have a child under the age of six months during their 60th month of assistance
may receive an extension until their child is six months old.
61 This extension is provided to families who have inadequate or unavailable child care.
62 Significant barriers include, but are not limited to, low achievement ability, learning disability, severe emotional problems, or family problems, which include legal problems, family crises,
homelessness, domestic abuse, or children's school or medical activities that affect one of the members of the W-2 group.
63 The disability, illness, or incapacity must be permanent conditions.
64 To receive the extension, the individual must be within one year of completing the degree.
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rently to the time limits, the extensions in the table apply to the lifetime limit
days, or a physical or mental incapacity as determined by a physician
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hours per week. Barriers to work include treatment for mental health, substance abuse, homeless services,
es of hardships may include but are not limited to: domestic violence,
for more information on the
hours must be in employment
st month
days that either prevents or limits him or her from obtaining or retaining employment. If a physician indicates
l injury of family member, job loss due to a poor economy, or being the
percent of the TANF benefit it would receive. A family is suffering from extreme hardship if it does not have
month extension period. For example, if the unit head
month time limit, he or she may only receive an additional nine months extension of benefits, provided
tal health program, family/domestic violence. The following criteria is
months of
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) Periods of
hours in the month financial assistance is being
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Table L1 Formal Diversion Payments, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama No No No No
Alaska No Yes Yes Yes
Arizona No No Yes Yes
Arkansas No Yes Yes Yes
California1 No No Yes Yes
Colorado2 No Yes Yes Yes
Connecticut No No Yes Yes
Delaware No No Yes3 Yes3
D.C. No No Yes Yes
Florida No Yes Yes4 Yes5
Georgia No No No No
Hawaii No No No Yes
Idaho No Yes Yes Yes
Illinois No No No No
Indiana No No No No
Iowa No No6 No6 No6
Kansas No No No No
Kentucky No Yes Yes Yes
Louisiana No No No Yes
Maine No Yes7 Yes7 Yes7
Maryland No Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts No No No No
Michigan No No No No
Minnesota No Yes8 Yes8 Yes8
Mississippi No No No No
Missouri No No No No
Montana No9 Yes10 Yes10 No
Nebraska No No No No
Nevada No No No No
New Hampshire No No No No
New Jersey No No Yes11 Yes11
New Mexico No No Yes12 Yes12
New York No No Yes13 Yes14
North Carolina Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota No No No No
Ohio15 No Yes Yes Yes
Oklahoma No No Yes16 Yes16
Oregon No No No No
Pennsylvania No No No No
Rhode Island No No No No
South Carolina No No No No
South Dakota No Yes Yes Yes
Tennessee No No No No
Texas No Yes Yes17 Yes17
Utah Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vermont No No No No
Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Washington No Yes Yes Yes
West Virginia No Yes Yes Yes
Wisconsin No Yes18 Yes18 Yes18
Wyoming No No No No
Totals: 3 19 28 29
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
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1 Counties have the option to vary their diversion programs. These policies refer to Los Angeles County.
2 Counties have the option to vary their diversion programs. These policies refer to Denver County.
3 The state's diversion program is related to retaining or obtaining employment, and is only for parents living with natural or adopted children.
4 Florida has two separate diversion programs. Up-front diversion is for individuals in need of assistance due to unexpected circumstances or
emergency situations. Relocation assistance is available for individuals who reside in an area with limited employment opportunities.
5 Florida has three separate diversion programs. An assistance unit may receive a one-time payment of up to $1,000 in Up-Front Diversion or
Relocation Assistance, up to the amount needed to relocate, or a one-time $1,000 payment of Cash Severance Diversion. The unit is ineligible
to receive assistance for three months after receiving Up-Front Diversion and for six months after receiving Relocation Assistance or Cash
Severance Diversion. Up-Front Assistance is for individuals in need of assistance due to unexpected circumstances or emergency situations.
Relocation Assistance is available for individuals who reside in an area with limited employment opportunities and experience one of the
following: geographic isolation, formidable transportation barriers, isolation from extended family, or domestic violence that threatens the
ability of a parent to maintain self-sufficiency. Cash Severance Diversion is available to TANF recipients if they meet the following criteria:
are employed and receiving earnings; are able to verify their earnings; will remain employed for at least six months; have received cash
assistance for at least six consecutive months since October 1996; and are eligible for at least one more month of TANF. Up-Front Diversion
and Relocation Assistance do not count toward time limits. Cash Severance Diversion does not count toward time limits if the payment is
made in a month in which the unit receives a TANF payment as well. If the payment is made in a month in which the unit does not receive a
TANF payment, the Cash Severance Diversion payment counts as a month toward the time limit.
6 Iowa is conducting a demonstration project that provides diversion assistance to its clients.
7 Diversion payments are only provided to caretaker relatives or parents who are employed or looking for work.
8 To be eligible for the diversion program, the assistance unit must meet all of the following criteria: (1) At least one family member has lived
in Minnesota for at least 30 days; (2) The caregiver has lost a job, is unable to obtain a job, or has a temporary loss of income, and this loss of
income is not due to refusing suitable employment without good cause; (3) The family is at risk of MFIP eligibility if DA is not provided; and
(4) The family is not in a period of eligibility for Emergency Assistance.
9 Montana is conducting a demonstration project in eight counties that provides diversion assistance to its clients.
10 Diversion payments are only provided for employment-related expenses at the discretion of the welfare department.
11 Applicants for WFNJ/TANF must participate in New Jersey's diversion program, Early Employment Initiative, if they (1) have a work
history that equals or exceeds four months of full-time employment in the last 12 months, (2) have at least one child, (3) appear to meet TANF
eligibility requirements, (4) are not in immediate need, and (5) do not meet criteria for a deferral from work requirements. Participants receive
a one-time, lump-sum payment and are required to pursue an intensive job search for 15 to 30 days while their WFNJ/TANF application is
being processed. If participants obtain employment and withdraw their application, they are eligible to receive a second lump-sum payment to
assist in the transition to employment. If no employment is secured, the applicant is referred back to the WFNJ/TANF agency for cash
assistance.
12 Diversion payments are only available to assist applicants in keeping a job or accepting a bona fide offer of employment.
13 New York has two types of diversion payments available: Diversion Payments (for crisis items such as moving expenses, storage fees, or
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Table L2 Types of Special Restrictions on Two-Parent, Nondisabled Units'
1
Eligibility, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama Standard AFDC None None None
Alaska Standard AFDC None None None
Arizona Modified2 Modified2 Modified2 Modified2
Arkansas Standard AFDC None None None
California Modified3 Modified4 Modified4 Modified4
Colorado Standard AFDC None None None
Connecticut None None None None
Delaware None None None None
D.C. Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC
Florida Standard AFDC None None None
Georgia Standard AFDC Modified5 Modified5 Modified5
Hawaii Standard AFDC None None None
Idaho Standard AFDC None None None
Illinois None None None None
3 3 3
Indiana Modified Modified Modified Modified3
6 7 7
Iowa Modified Modified Modified None
Kansas Standard AFDC None None None
8
Kentucky Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Modified Modified8
Louisiana Standard AFDC None None None
Maine Standard AFDC Modified9 Modified9 Modified9
Maryland Standard AFDC None None None
Massachusetts Modified10 Modified10 None None
Michigan None None None None
Minnesota Standard AFDC None None None
Mississippi Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC
Missouri Standard AFDC Standard AFDC None None
Montana Standard AFDC None None None
Nebraska Standard AFDC None None None
Nevada Standard AFDC None None None
New Hampshire Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC
New Jersey Standard AFDC None None None
New Mexico Standard AFDC None None None
New York Standard AFDC None None None
North Carolina None None None None
North Dakota Standard AFDC Not Eligible11 Not Eligible11 Not Eligible11
Ohio None None None None
Oklahoma Standard AFDC Modified10 Modified10 Modified10
Oregon None None None None
Pennsylvania Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Modified2 Modified2
Rhode Island Standard AFDC None None None
South Carolina Standard AFDC None None None
South Dakota Standard AFDC Modified12 Modified12 Modified12
Tennessee Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC Standard AFDC
Texas Standard AFDC None None None
Utah Modified6 None None None
Vermont None None None None
Virginia Standard AFDC None None None
Washington Standard AFDC None None None
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Table L2 Types of Special Restrictions on Two-Parent, Nondisabled Units'
1
Eligibility, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
West Virginia Standard AFDC None None None
Wisconsin Modified3 None None None
Wyoming Standard AFDC None None None
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Standard AFDC rules for two-parent units: a 100-hour limit on work for both applicants and recipients; applicants must have worked
in at least six of the last 13 calendar quarters before application; and applicants must have been unemployed for a minimum of 30 days
before application.
1 The special restrictions considered in this table include limits on work hours for applicants and recipients, work history requirements, and
waiting period restrictions. The combination of restrictions does not, however, include any variation in state programs due to special time
limits that apply only to two-parent units.
2 Modified rules for two-parent units: six out of the last 13 quarters work history.
3 Modified rules for two-parent units: 100-hour work limit for applicants, six out of the last 13 quarters work history, and 30-day waiting
period.
4 Modified rules for two-parent units: 100-hour work limit for applicants and four-week waiting period.
5 Modified rules for two-parent units: Must be connected to the workforce, which includes one of the following: (1) currently working at
least 20 hours per week, (2) receiving Unemployment Compensation, (3) unemployed or working less than 20 hours per week and has
earned $500 within the six months prior to application, (4) receiving retirement benefits, (5) has received disability benefits based on 100
percent disability in any of the last six months.
6 Modified rules for two-parent units: 30-day waiting period.
7 Modified rules for two-parent units: seven-day waiting period.
8 Modified rules for two-parent units: 100-hour work limit for applicants, applicant must have earned at least $1,000 during the 24-month
period before the month of application, and 30-day waiting period.
9 Modified rules for two-parent units: 100-hour work limit for applicants, 130-hour work limit for recipients, six out of the last 13 quarters
work history, and 30-day waiting period.
10 Modified rules for two-parent units: six out of the last 13 quarters work history and 30-day waiting period.
11 North Dakota does not provide benefits to two-parent, nondisabled units.
12 Modified rules for two-parent units: 100-hour work limit for applicants, 100-hour work limit for recipients, and applicants must have a
combined (both parents) gross income over the past six months equal to at least $1,500. Parents must not have terminated employment,
reduced hours worked, or refused a job offer within the previous six months (without good cause).
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Table L3 Maximum Income for Initial Eligibility for a Family of Three , 1996-
2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama $366 $205 $205 $205
Alaska $1,118 $1,168 $1,208 $1,276
Arizona $639 $586 $586 $586
Arkansas $426 $279 $279 $279
California $820 $844 $883 $949
Colorado $511 $511 $511 $511
Connecticut $835 $835 $835 $835
Delaware $428 $428 $428 $428
D.C. $742 $688 $479 $539
Florida $574 $393 $393 $393
Georgia $514 $514 $514 $514
Hawaii $1,187 $1,641 2 $1,641 2 $1,641 2
Idaho $1,081 $625 $637 $648
Illinois $467 $467 $467 $486
Indiana $378 $378 $378 $378
Iowa $1,061 $1,061 $1,061 $1,061
Kansas $519 $519 $519 $519
Kentucky $616 $616 $909 $909
Louisiana $405 $310 $360 $360
Maine $643 $687 $1,023 $1,023
Maryland $607 $485 $521 $590
Massachusetts
Exempt $669 $669 $723 $723
Nonexempt $655 $655 $708 $708
Michigan $774 $774 $774 $774
Minnesota $622 $930 $962 $1,013
Mississippi $458 $458 $458 $458
Missouri $558 $558 $558 $558
Montana $631 $876
Pathways and — $773 $808 —
JSP
CSP — $550 $577 —
Nebraska $454 $667 $667 $732
Nevada $642 $961 $1,055 $1,120
New Hampshire $943 $688 $750 $781
New Jersey $783 $636 $636 $636
3 3
New Mexico $479 $720 $720 $1,061 3
New York $667 $667 $667 $667
North Carolina $936 $936 $750 $750
North Dakota $521 $784 $784 $1,252
Ohio $631 $972 $980 $980
Oklahoma $580 $704 $704 $704
Oregon $550 $616 $616 $616
Pennsylvania $677 $677 $677 $677
Rhode Island $644 $1,278 $1,278 $1,278
South Carolina $614 $555 $578 $609
South Dakota $597 $626 $626 $693
Tennessee $767 $922 $989 $1,008
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1
Table L3 Maximum Income for Initial Eligibility for a Family of Three , 1996-
2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Texas $400 $400 $401 $401
Utah $525 $550 $550 $573
Vermont $945 $964 $979 $1,000
Virginia
VIEW $1,082 4 $1,138 $1,179 $1,252
All, except $380 $380 $380 $380
VIEW
Washington $937 $1,090 $1,092 $1,092
West Virginia $498 $420 $880 $753
Wisconsin $895 —5 —6 —7
Wyoming $680 $340 $540 $540
Mean8 $669 $706 $737 $768
Median8 $631 $668 $677 $704
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Initial eligibility is calculated assuming that the unit is employed at application, has only earned income, has no child care expenses,
contains one adult and no children subject to a family cap, has no special needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the
state.
1 The amounts in this table represent the maximum amount of earnings an applicant can have and still be “technically” eligible for assistance
in each state. Technical eligibility does not mean that the unit will necessarily receive a cash benefit, but that it will have passed all of the
eligibility tests and is eligible for some positive amount. The amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar, so in some cases the family
may be able to earn slightly less than the amount in the table and in other cases they may be able to earn slightly more. Note that most states
only distribute a cash benefit if it is over $10.
2 Applies to units that have received assistance for no more than two months in a lifetime. For units applying for their third and subsequent
months of benefits, the eligibility threshold for a family of three is $1,362.
3 For purposes of the state's earned income disregard, the adult head is assumed to be working 40 hours a week.
4 The All, except VIEW units comprised the majority of the caseload in this year.
5 Units with full-time employment (generally greater than 30 hours per week) at application will not receive a cash benefit in the state.
However, applicants may earn up to $1,308 and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance.
6 Units with full-time employment (generally greater than 30 hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
to provide prorated benefits to Community Service Jobs participants who are also employed part-time at an unsubsidized job. These
eligibility determinations are made on a case-by-case basis. Recipients may earn up to $1,356 and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance,
however.
7 Units with full-time employment (generally greater than 30 hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
to provide prorated benefits to Community Service Jobs participants who are also employed part-time at an unsubsidized job. These
eligibility determinations are made on a case-by-case basis. Recipients may earn up to $1,440 and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance,
however.
8 The values only include one amount per state (the policy affecting the largest percent of the caseload), and the eligibility threshold for
Wisconsin is included in the calculation.
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assistance
that most states
hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance,
hours per week) will not receive a cash benefit in the state. There are provisions
and still be eligible for nonfinancial assistance,
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Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% first 3 consecutive months, 20% 100% first 3 consecutive months, 20% 100% first 3 consecutive months, 20%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter thereafter thereafter thereafter
Alaska $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $150 and 33.3% of remainder in first 12 $150 and 33.3% of remainder in first 12 $150 and 33.3% of remainder in first 12
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $150 and 25% of remainder in months, $150 and 25% of remainder in months, $150 and 25% of remainder in
months 13-24, $150 and 20% of remainder months 13-24, $150 and 20% of remainder months 13-24, $150 and 20% of remainder
in months 25-36, $150 and 15% of in months 25-36, $150 and 15% of in months 25-36, $150 and 15% of
remainder in months 37-48, $150 and 10% remainder in months 37-48, $150 and 10% remainder in months 37-48, $150 and 10%
of remainder in months 49-60, $150 of remainder in months 49-60, $150 of remainder in months 49-60, $150
thereafter1 thereafter1 thereafter1
Arizona
All, except $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $90 and 30% of remainder $90 and 30% of remainder —
JOBSTART months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
JOBSTART No Disregards No Disregards No Disregards —
Arkansas $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 No disregards- flat grant amount No disregards- flat grant amount No disregards- flat grant amount
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
California $120 and 33.3% of remainder $225 dollars and 50% of remainder $225 dollars and 50% of remainder $225 dollars and 50% of remainder
Colorado $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 66.7% first 12 months; $120 and 33.3% of
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter remainder in next 4 months, $120 next 8
months, $90 thereafter
Connecticut 100% of the federal poverty level 100% of the federal poverty level 100% of the federal poverty level 100% of the federal poverty level
Delaware $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
D.C. $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $100 and 50% of remainder $160 and 66.7% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Florida $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $200 and 50% of remainder $200 and 50% of remainder $200 and 50% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Georgia $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
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Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Hawaii $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 20%, $200, and 36% of remainder 20%, $200, and 36% of remainder 20%, $200, and 36% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Idaho $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 40% 40% 40%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Illinois 66.7% 66.7% 66.7% 66.7%
Indiana $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 No disregards- flat grant amount No disregards- flat grant amount
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Iowa 20% and 50% of remainder 20% and 50% of remainder 20% and 50% of remainder 20% and 50% of remainder
Kansas $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $90 and 40% of remainder $90 and 40% of remainder $90 and 40% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Kentucky $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% first two months,2 $120 and 33.3% of 100% first two months,2 $120 and 33.3% of 100% first 2 months,2 $120 and 33.3% of
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter remainder in next 4 months, $120 next 8 remainder in next 4 months, $120 next 8 remainder in next 4 months, $120 next 8
months, $90 thereafter months, $90 thereafter months, $90 thereafter
Louisiana $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $1,020 in first 6 months, $120 thereafter $1,020 in first 6 months, $120 thereafter $1,020 in first 6 months, $120 thereafter
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Maine $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $108 and 50% of remainder $108 and 50% of remainder $108 and 50% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Maryland $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 26% 35% 35%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Massachusetts
Exempt $120 and 33.3% of remainder $120 and 33.3% of remainder $120 and 33.3% of remainder $120 and 33.3% of remainder
Nonexempt $120 and 50% of remainder $120 and 50% of remainder $120 and 50% of remainder $120 and 50% of remainder
Michigan $200 and 20% of remainder $200 and 20% of remainder $200 and 20% of remainder $200 and 20% of remainder
Minnesota $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 36% 38% 38%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Mississippi $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% first 6 months, $90 thereafter3 100% first 6 months, $90 thereafter3 100% first 6 months, $90 thereafter3
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
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Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Missouri $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 66.7% and $90 of remainder in first 12 66.7% and $90 of remainder in first 12
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $90 thereafter4 months, $90 thereafter4
Montana $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $200 and 25% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Pathways — $200 and 25% of remainder $200 and 25% of remainder —
Community — $100 $100 —
Service
Program
Job — No Disregards Allowed No Disregards Allowed —
Supplement
Program
Nebraska $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 20% 20% 20%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Nevada $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% first 3 months, 50% in months 4-12, 100% first 3 months, 50% in months 4-12, 100% first 3 months, 50% in months 4-12,
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter $90 or 20% (whichever is greater) thereafter $90 or 20% (whichever is greater) thereafter $90 or 20% (whichever is greater) thereafter
New Hampshire $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 50% 50% 50%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
New Jersey $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% first month, 50% thereafter5 100% first month, 50% thereafter5 100% first month, 50% thereafter5
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
New Mexico $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 All earnings in excess of 24 hours per week, All earnings in excess of 29 hours per week, All earnings in excess of 34 hours per week,
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter $150 and 50% of remainder in first 24 $150 and 50% of remainder in first 24 $125 and 50% of remainder first 24
months, $150 and 50% of remainder months, $150 and 50% of remainder months, $125 and 50% of remainder
thereafter6 thereafter6 thereafter7
New York $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $90 and 45% of remainder $90 and 47% of remainder $90 and 50% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
North Carolina $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 100% in first three months of employment,8 100% in first three months of employment,8
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter 27.5% thereafter 27.5% thereafter
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Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
North Dakota $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $90 or 27%, whichever is greater, and $90 or 27%, whichever is greater, and $180 or 27% (whichever is greater) and
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter additional amount computed from formula9 additional amount computed from formula9 50% of remainder in first 6 months, $180 or
27% (whichever is greater) and 35% of
remainder in months 7-9, $180 or 27%
(whichever is greater) and 25% of
remainder in months 10-13, and $180 or
27% (whichever is greater) thereafter
Ohio $250 and 50% of remainder in first 12 $250 and 50% of remainder in first 18 $250 and 50% of remainder in first 18 $250 and 50% of remainder
months, $90 thereafter months months
Oklahoma $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 50% of remainder $120 and 50% of remainder $120 and 50% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Oregon $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 50% 50%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Pennsylvania $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 50% 50% 50%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Rhode Island $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $170 and 50% of remainder $170 and 50% of remainder $170 and 50% of remainder10
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
South Carolina $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 50% first 4 months, $100 thereafter 50% first 4 months, $100 thereafter 50% first 4 months, $100 thereafter
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
South Dakota $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $90 and 20% of remainder $90 and 20% of remainder $90 and 20% of remainder
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Tennessee $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $150 $150 $150
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Texas $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 90% of remainder (up to $1,400) $120 and 90% of remainder (up to $1,400)
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter for 4 out of 12 months, $120 thereafter 11 for 4 out of 12 months, $120 thereafter 11
Utah $100 and 50% of remainder12 $100 and 50% of remainder12 $100 and 50% of remainder12 $100 and 50% of remainder12
Vermont $150 and 25% of remainder $150 and 25% of remainder $150 and 25% of remainder $150 and 25% of remainder
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Table L4 Earned Income Disregards for Benefit Computation, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Virginia $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Washington $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 50% 50% 50%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
West Virginia $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 40% 60% 40%
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Wisconsin $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 No disregards- flat grant amount No disregards- flat grant amount No disregards- flat grant amount
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Wyoming $120 and 33.3% of remainder in first 4 $200 13 $200 13 $200 13
months, $120 next 8 months, $90 thereafter
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Notes: Only earned income disregards are described in the table. Child care disregards and other special disregards, such as deductions for units subject to a time limit or a family cap are not
included.
The table describes benefit computation disregards for recipients. If the disregards differ for applicants, it is footnoted.
1 This disregard is also applied to applicants who have received assistance in one of the previous four months.
2 Recipients are eligible for the one-time 100 percent disregard if they become newly employed.
3 Recipients are eligible for the one-time 100 percent disregard if they find employment of 35 hours per week within the first 30 days following initial approval for TANF. If work is not found within
30 days, the recipient is ineligible to ever receive the disregard again. An additional 100 percent disregard is available to units for three months when the unit's case is subject to closure due to
increased earnings and the individual is employed for at least 25 hours a week at the federal minimum wage or higher. The recipient may not have already received the six-month disregard, unless
there has been at least a 12-month break in receipt of TANF benefits. The three-month disregard may be received more than once during the 60-month TANF benefit period provided that there is a
period of at least 12 consecutive months in which a family does not receive TANF benefits before the family reapplies for assistance. Two-parent units may disregard 100 percent of earnings for the
first 6 months, $120 and 33.3 percent in the next 12 months, and $90 thereafter.
4 This disregard only applies to recipients who become employed while receiving TANF. Applicants and recipients who gained employment before receiving TANF are allowed to disregard $120 and
33.3 percent of remainder for first four months, $120 next eight months, $90 thereafter.
5 The 100 percent disregard is only applicable once every 12 months, even if employment is lost and then regained. In the first month of benefit computation, applicants may disregard 50 percent of
earnings only.
6 Two-parent units may disregard all earnings above 59 hours a week (if federally subsidized child care is available, else 39 hours per week), $250 and 50 percent for the first 24 months, $250 and 50
percent thereafter.
7 Two-parent units may disregard all earnings above 35 hours per week for one parent and 24 hours per week for the other parent and $225 and 50 percent in the first 24 months. Thereafter, they may
disregard $225 and 50 percent of the remainder. The disregard for earnings in excess of the participation requirement only applies to recipients for the first 24 months of benefit receipt, for both
single- and two-parent units.
8 The 100 percent disregard is only available once in a lifetime and may be received only if the recipient is newly employed at a job that is expected to be permanent for more than 20 hours a week.
9 The formula for months one through eight equals A*(A/B)*.5, where A=Min[earnings after initial disregard, B] and B=Employment Incentive Limit; for months nine and ten it equals A*(A/B)*.3,
where A=Min[earnings after ED #1, B] and B=Employment Incentive Limit; and for months 11 and 12 it equals A*(A/B)*.1, where A=Min[earnings after ED #1, B] and B=Employment Incentive
Limit. Beginning in the 13th month, there is no additional disregard.
10 A $90 disregard is applied to the earned income of a parent who has reached his or her lifetime time limit.
11
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10 A $90 disregard is applied to the earned income of a parent who has reached his or her lifetime time limit.
11 The four months need not be consecutive. Once the recipient has received four months of the 90 percent disregard, he or she is not eligible to receive the disregard again until the TANF case has
been denied and remains denied for one full month, and 12 calendar months have passed since the denial. The 12-month ineligibility period begins with the first full month of denial after the client
used the fourth month of the 90 percent disregard.
12 To be eligible for the 50 percent disregards, the recipient must have received benefits in at least one of the previous four months.
13 Married couples with a child in common may disregard $400.
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Table L5 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income, 1996-
2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama $164 $164 $164 $164
Alaska $923 $923 $923 $923
Arizona $347 $347 $347 $347
Arkansas $204 $204 $204 $204
California $596
Nonexempt — $565 $626 $679
Exempt — $631 $699 $758
Colorado $356 $356 $356 $356
Connecticut $543 $543 $543 $543
Delaware $338 $338 $338 $338
D.C. $415 $379 $379 $379
Florida $303 $303 $303 $303
Georgia $280 $280 $280 $280
Hawaii $712 $570 1 $570 1 $570 1
Idaho $317 $276 $293 $309
Illinois $377 $377 $377 $396
Indiana $288 $288 $288 $288
Iowa $426 $426 $426 $426
Kansas $429 $429 $429 $429
Kentucky $262 $262 $262 $262
Louisiana $190 $190 $240 $240
Maine $418 $418 $461 $485
Maryland $373 $388 $417 $472
Massachusetts
Exempt $579 $579 $633 $633
Nonexempt $565 $565 $618 $618
Michigan $459 $459 $459 $459
Minnesota $532 $532 $532 $532
Mississippi $120 $120 $170 $170
Missouri $292 $292 $292 $292
Montana $425 $477 $507
Pathways — $450 — —
CSP — $450 — —
JSP — — — —
Nebraska $364 $364 $364 $364
Nevada $348 $348 $348 $348
New Hampshire $550 $550 $600 $625
New Jersey $424 $424 $424 $424
New Mexico $389 $489 $439 $389
New York $577 $577 $577 $577
North Carolina $272 $272 $272 $272
North Dakota $431 $457 $457 $477
Ohio $341 $362 $373 $373
Oklahoma $307 $292 $292 $292
Oregon $503 $503 $503 $503
Pennsylvania $403 $403 $403 $403
Rhode Island $554 $554 $554 $554
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Table L5 Maximum Monthly Benefit for a Family of Three with No Income, 1996-
2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
South Carolina $200 $201 $203 $204
South Dakota $430 $430 $430 $483
Tennessee $185 $185
Time Limited Unit — — $185 $185
Time Limited Exempt — — $232 $232
Unit
Texas $188 $188 $201 $208
Utah $426 $451 $451 $474
Vermont $597 $611 $622 $638
Virginia $291 $291 $320 $320
Washington $546 $546 $546 $546
West Virginia $253 $253 $353 $453
Wisconsin $518
W-2 Transistions — $628 $628 $628
Community Services — $673 $673 $673
Wyoming $360 $340 $340 $340
2
Mean $395 $396 $405 $413
Median2 $377 $379 $379 $396
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Maximum benefits are calculated assuming that the unit contains one adult and two children who are not subject to a family cap, has no special
needs, pays for shelter, and lives in the most populated area of the state.
1 Applies to units that have received assistance for at least two months in a lifetime. For units receiving their first and second months of benefits, the
maximum benefit for a family of three is $712.
2 The values only include one amount per state (the policy affecting the largest percent of the caseload).
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has no special
d months of benefits, the
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Table L6 Work-Related Exemption When Caring for a Child under X Months,
1
1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama 36 36 36 36
Alaska 36 12 2 12 2 12 2
Arizona No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
All, except JOBSTART 24 —- —- —-
JOBSTART 24 —- —- —-
Arkansas No Exemption 33 33 33
4
California 36 12 5 12 5 12 5
Colorado 12 12 6 12 6 12 6
Connecticut7 12 12 12 12
Delaware 13 Weeks 13 Weeks 13 Weeks 13 Weeks
D.C. 36 36 12 12
Florida 36 38 38 38
Georgia 36 12 9 12 9 12 9
Hawaii 36 6 6 6
Idaho 36 No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Illinois 36 12 12 12
Indiana 36 7 6 10 3 3
Iowa 3 No Exemption11 No Exemption11 No Exemption11
Kansas 36 12 12 12
Kentucky 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
Louisiana 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Maine 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
Maryland 36 12 13 12 13 12 13
Massachusetts
Exempt14 —- —- —- —-
Nonexempt No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
Michigan No Exemption 3 3 3
Minnesota 36 12 12 12
Mississippi 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
Missouri 36 12 12 12 12
Montana 12 No Exemption
Pathways and Community Service —- No Exemption No Exemption —-
Program
Job Supplement Program14 —- —- —- —-
Nebraska 12
Time-Limited Assistance —- 3 3 3
Non-Time-Limited Assistance 14 —- —- —- —-
Nevada 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
New Hampshire 36
New Hampshire Employment Program —- 36 24 24 15
Family Assistance Program 14 —- —- —- —-
New Jersey 24 16 3 17 3 17 3 17
New Mexico 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
New York 36 12 18 12 18 12 18
North Carolina 60 19 60 19 12 12 12 12
North Dakota 24 4 4 4
Ohio 12 12 12 12
Oklahoma 12 3 12 3 12 3 12
Oregon 3 20 3 3 3
Pennsylvania 36 12 12 12 12 12 12
Rhode Island 36 12 12 12
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Table L6 Work-Related Exemption When Caring for a Child under X Months,
1
1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
South Carolina 36 12 12 12
South Dakota 12 3 3 3
Tennessee 12 4 4 4
Texas 36 48 36 12
Utah No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption No Exemption
21 21
Vermont 18 18 18 21 24 22
23
Virginia 18 18 23 18 23
VIEW 18 23 —- —- —-
All, except VIEW 36 —- —- —-
Washington 36 12 12 4 12 4 12
West Virginia 36 12 24 12 24 12 24
Wisconsin 12 3 3 3
Wyoming 12 3 12 3 12 3 12
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
1 This table refers to single-parent unit heads over 21 years of age.
2 The caretaker loses this exemption after retaining it for 12 cumulative months.
3 The parent may only receive exemptions, in any combination, for a total of 12 months in his or her lifetime. Any exemptions that the parent
is eligible for and uses accumulate toward the 12 months.
4 This exemption is limited to one child during a period of continuous TANF eligibility, where continuous is defined as receiving welfare
without a break for at least six consecutive months.
5 Counties have the option to vary some activities exemptions; this exemption applies only to Los Angeles County. The recipient may only
receive this exemption one time; however, he or she may also receive a limited exemption for a second or subsequent child under six months
old.
6 Counties have the option to vary activities exemptions; these policies refer to Denver County. The exemption does not apply to recipients
who have received benefits for 24 or more cumulative months.
7 The exemption only applies if the child is not subject to a family cap.
8 Recipients may be required to attend classes or other activities.
9 The exemption is limited to once in the recipient's lifetime.
10 The exemption only applies if the child is not subject to a family cap. Caretakers of children subject to a family cap may be exempt if the
child is under three months old.
11 If the participant has a newborn child, absence from activities is determined using the standards of the Family Leave Act of 1993. The
maximum time available for one parent is 12 workweeks during any 12-month period and for two parents is the aggregate of 12 workweeks
of leave for both parents.
12 The exemption is limited to 12 months in the recipient's lifetime.
13 This is a one-time exemption for the first child only.
14 Recipients who are in this component are automatically exempt from activities requirements. To be included in this component, recipients
have to meet certain criteria.
15 Recipients who have received 39 or more months of assistance will not receive a child care exemption. Recipients who conceive a child
while on assistance are exempt only until the child is 12 months old.
16 Parents of children under age two are required to participate in counseling and vocational assessment.
17 The exemption may be extended if a physician certifies it is medically necessary.
18 The exemption may last for no more than 12 months in a recipient's lifetime, and it may not last for more than three months for any one
child unless the social services official makes a determination to extend the exemption for up to the total 12 months.
19 This applies to caretakers with children under five years old, unless the caretaker or parent is working more than 30 hours a week.
20 Native Americans who live in the Confederated Tribe of the Grande Ronde Service District are excluded from JOBS participation.
21 The parent is exempt from working but must participate in the Reach Up program.
22 If the recipient cares for a child under 24 months of age, work requirements may be modified or deferred. A participant's work
requirement cannot be deferred for this reason for more than 24 months during a lifetime. If the participant has exhausted the 24 months of
deferment and has a child is under 13 weeks of age, then the caretaker is automatically exempt from all work requirements.
23 Recipients caring for children subject to a family cap are only exempt while the child is under six weeks old.
24 The exemption applies only to the birth of a first child. The recipient is exempted for only six months after the birth of any additional child
(the six months include any time the recipient chooses to be exempt during pregnancy).
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Table L7 Most Severe Sanction Policy for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent Adults,
1996-2002 (July)
1996 1998 2000 2002
Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of
Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months)
State Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Alabama Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months
Benefit
Alaska Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 12 Months+ Adult Portion of 12 Months+ Adult Portion of 12 Months+
Benefit 1 1 1
Benefit Benefit Benefit
Arizona —- —- Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 1 Month+
All, except Adult Portion of 6 Months + —- —- —- —- —- —-
JOBSTART Benefit
JOBSTART 50%2 1 Month+ —- —- —- —- —- —-
Arkansas Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed3 3 Months+ Case Is Closed Until Compliance Case Is Closed4 Until in Compliance
Benefit for 2 Weeks
California Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Colorado5 Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Benefit
Connecticut Entire Benefit 3 Months and Must Entire Benefit 3 Months and Must Entire Benefit 3 Months and Must Entire Benefit 3 Months and Must
Reapply Reapply Reapply Reapply
Delaware Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent
+ + +
D.C. Adult Portion of 6 Months Adult Portion of 6 Months Adult Portion of 6 Months Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Florida Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months6 Entire Benefit 3 Months+7 Entire Benefit 3 Months+7
Benefit
Georgia Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent
Benefit
Hawaii Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Idaho Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent
Benefit
Illinois Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Benefit
Indiana —- —- Adult Portion of 36 Months+ Adult Portion of 36 Months+ Adult Portion of 36 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit
Nonplacement Adult Portion of 6 Months+ —- —- —- —- —- —-
Track Benefit
Placement Track Adult Portion of 36 Months+ —- —- —- —- —- —-
Benefit
Iowa Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months8 Entire Benefit 6 Months8
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Table L7 Most Severe Sanction Policy for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent Adults,
1996-2002 (July)
1996 1998 2000 2002
Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of
Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months)
State Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Kansas Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 2 Months+ Entire Benefit 2 Months+ Entire Benefit 2 Months+
Benefit
Kentucky Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Pro Rata Portion of Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance
Benefit Benefit9
Louisiana Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed Until Compliance Case Is Closed Until Compliance Case Is Closed Until Compliance
Benefit
Maine Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Maryland Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit Until in Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance
Benefit for 30 Days for 30 Days for 30 Days
Massachusetts
Exempt10 —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Nonexempt Entire Benefit Until in Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance Entire Benefit Until in Compliance
for 2 Weeks for 2 Weeks for 2 Weeks for 2 Weeks
Michigan Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 1 Month+ Entire Benefit 1 Month
+ + +
Minnesota Adult Portion of 6 Months Vendor Payment and 1 Month Vendor Payment and 1 Month Vendor Payment and 1 Month+
Benefit 30%11 30%11 30%11
Mississippi Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent
Benefit
Missouri Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ 25% 3 Months+ 25% 3 Months+
Benefit Benefit
Montana Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed12 12 Months Case Is Closed12 12 Months Case Is Closed12 1 Month
Benefit
Nebraska Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit
Time-Limited —- —- Entire Benefit 12 Months or the Entire Benefit 12 Months or the Entire Benefit 12 Months or the
Assistance Remainder of 48 Remainder of 48 Remainder of 48
Months, Whichever Months, Whichever Months, Whichever
Is Shorter Is Shorter Is Shorter
Non-Time- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Limited
Assistance10
Nevada Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent Entire Benefit Permanent
Benefit
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Table L7 Most Severe Sanction Policy for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent Adults,
1996-2002 (July)
1996 1998 2000 2002
Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of
Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months)
State Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
New Hampshire Adult Portion of 6 Months+ —- —- —- —-
Benefit
New Hampshire —- —- 66% of Adjusted Payment Period+ 66% of Adjusted Payment Period+ 66% of Adjusted Payment Period+
Employment 13 13 13
Payment Standard Payment Standard Payment Standard
Program
Family —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
Assistance
New Jersey10
Program Adult Portion of 90 Days+ Case Is Closed14 3 Months Case Is Closed14 3 Months Case Is Closed14 3 Months
Benefit
New Mexico Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed 6 Months+ Case Is Closed 6 Months+ Case Is Closed 6 Months+
Benefit
New York Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Pro Rata Portion of 6 Months+ Pro Rata Portion of 6 Months+ Pro Rata Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
North Carolina
Work First Active Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months15 Entire Benefit Permanent
Benefit Benefit
Pre-Work First —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-
and Work First
Preparatory10
North Dakota Entire Benfit16 3 Months+ Entire Benfit16 3 Months+ Entire Benfit16 3 Months+ Entire Benfit16 3 Months+
+ + +
Ohio Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months Entire Benefit 6 Months+
Oklahoma Adult Portion of + Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance
6 Months
Benefit
Oregon Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance
Pennsylvania Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit17 Permanent Entire Benefit17 Permanent Entire Benefit17 Permanent
Benefit
Rhode Island Adult Portion of 6 Months+ 140% of Adult Until in Compliance 140% of Adult Until in Compliance 140% of Adult Until in Compliance
Benefit Portion of Benefit18 for 2 Weeks Portion of Benefit18 for 2 Weeks Portion of Benefit18 for 2 Weeks
South Carolina Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed Must Reapply and Case Is Closed Must Reapply and Case Is Closed Must Reapply and
Benefit Comply for 1 Month Comply for 1 Month Comply for 1 Month
South Dakota Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Case Is Closed 1 Month+ and Must Case Is Closed 1 Month+ and Must Case Is Closed 1 Month+ and Must
Benefit Reapply Reapply Reapply
Tennessee Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+ Entire Benefit 3 Months+
Benefit
Texas Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of 6 Months+
Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
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Table L7 Most Severe Sanction Policy for Noncompliance with Work Requirements for Single-Parent Adults,
1996-2002 (July)
1996 1998 2000 2002
Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of Amount of Length of
Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months) Reduction in Sanction (Months)
State Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit
Utah Entire Benefit19 Until Compliance Entire Benefit19 Until Compliance Entire Benefit19 Until Compliance Entire Benefit19 Until Compliance
Vermont Adult Portion of + Adult Portion of + Adult Portion of + $225 Until Compliance
6 Months 6 Months 6 Months
Benefit Benefit Benefit
Virginia
VIEW Entire Benefit 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+
All, except VIEW Adult Portion of 6 Months + —- —- —- —- —- —-
Benefit
Washington Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Adult Portion of Until in Compliance Adult Portion of Until in Compliance Adult Portion of Until in Compliance
Benefit Benefit or 40%, for 2 Weeks20 Benefit or 40%, for 2 Weeks20 Benefit or 40%, for 2 Weeks20
Whichever Is Greater Whichever Is Greater Whichever Is Greater
West Virginia Adult Portion of 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+ Entire Benefit 6 Months+
Benefit
Wisconsin Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Permanent21 Entire Benefit Permanent21 Entire Benefit Permanent21
Wyoming Adult Portion of + Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance Entire Benefit Until Compliance
6 Months
Benefit
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: "Adult Portion of Benefit" describes the portion of the benefit the sanctioned individual would have received. Since the table only represents sanctions for single-parent adults, in all cases the
sanctioned individual is an adult.
+ The unit is sanctioned for a specified number of months, or until the sanctioned individual complies with the activity requirements, whichever is longer.
1 The adult portion of the benefit is calculated by subtracting the child-only need standard for a one-person household from the adult-included need standard for a two-person household.
2 The participant will be removed from the JOBSTART program but will be eligible to participate in the non-JOBSTART component.
3 When the state determines that case closure is not in the best interest of the child, the case will remain open with a 25 percent reduction in benefits until compliance.
4 For the seventh and subsequent months of noncompliance, the caseworker has discretion to either reduce the unit's benefits by 50 percent or close the case. If the case is closed, the unit may reapply
for his or her full benefits, but the application will be pending until the unit has complied with requirements for two weeks.
5 Counties have the option to determine the amount and duration of sanctions. These policies refer to Denver County.
6 After the three-month penalty period, benefits are not restored until the sanctioned individual has complied for ten working days. For the second and subsequent sanctions, assistance may still be
provided to children under 16 in the unit; these benefits are issued to a protective payee.
7 In the second and subsequent sanctions, assistance may still be provided to the children in the unit who are under age 16; these benefits are issued to a protective payee.
8 The sanction continues after six months until the sanctioned parent signs a family investment agreement and completes 20 hours of eligible education or work activities.
9 Benefits are assigned to a protective payee.
10 Recipients in this component are not required to participate in work activities; therefore, they have no sanctions.
11 The shelter costs are paid directly to the vendor; any remaining amount of benefit is reduced by 30 percent of the Transitional Standard. The grant reduction must be in effect for a minimum of one
month; otherwise it is in effect until compliance. Vendor payments continue for six months after the month in which the parent becomes compliant.
12 If eligibility requirements are not met and a new FIA has not been negotiated within one month after the end of the sanction period, the case is closed and the unit must reapply for benefits. If
requirements are met and a new FIA has been negotiated, the case remains open and only the adult portion of the benefit is removed for the duration of the sanction or until compliance.
13 The adjusted payment standard refers to the new benefit amount once the adult portion is removed.
14 If noncompliance continues after three months, the case is closed and the unit must reapply for further assistance. The recipient must also satisfy an intent to comply before receiving benefits.
15 After the three-month sanction period, the client is reevaluated. If he or she is still not in compliance on the date of evaluation, he or she is sanctioned for another three-month period.
16 The entire unit is ineligible if the adult is in noncompliance for four or more months. If the adult is noncompliant for less than four months, only the adult portion of the benefit is removed.
17
16 The
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entire unit is ineligible if the adult is in noncompliance for four or more months. If the adult is noncompliant for less than four months, only the adult portion of the benefit is removed.
17 This applies to noncompliance that occurs after the first 24 months of assistance. For noncompliances that occurs within the first 24 months of assistance, the needs of the sanctioned individual are
not included for benefit calculation.
18 If the individual is noncompliant for one to six months, 110 percent of the parent's benefits is reduced from the unit's benefit. For seven to 12 months of noncompliance, 120 percent of the parent's
benefits is reduced from the unit's benefit. Months 13 through 18, 130 percent reduction. Months 19 through 24, 140 percent reduction. Following 24 months of noncompliance, the reduction is
decreased to 100 percent of the parent's benefit, but the entire remaining benefit must be made to a protective payee. The individual is sanctioned until he or she is in compliance for two weeks.
19 The entire unit is ineligible if the adult is in noncompliance for two or more months. If the adult is noncompliant for less than two months, only $100 of the benefit is removed.
20 The sanction remains in effect until the individual is compliant for two weeks; after two weeks of compliance, benefits are restored to their pre-sanction level and the individual is paid retroactively
for the two weeks of compliance.
21 Wisconsin has four components (see Appendix 1 for description of components). When a recipient is sanctioned and permanently ineligible for benefits in W-2 T, Community Service Jobs, or Trial
Jobs, the unit may receive benefits again if they become eligible for one of the other two. There is no permanent sanction for individuals in Unsubsidized Employment.
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Table L8 Asset Limits for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama $1,000 $2,000/3,0001 $2,000/3,0001 $2,000/3,0001
Alaska $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000/3,0001
Arizona $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Arkansas $1,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
2 1 1
California $2,000 $2,000/3,000 $2,000/3,000 $2,000/3,0001
Colorado $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Connecticut $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Delaware $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
DC $1,000 $1,000 $2,000/3,000 3 $2,000/3,000 3
Florida $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Georgia $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Hawaii $1,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Idaho $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
4 4
Illinois $1,000 $2,000/3,000/+ 50 $2,000/3,000/+ 50 $2,000/3,000/+504
2 2
Indiana $1,000 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 2
5 5 5
Iowa $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 5
Kansas $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Kentucky $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 6
Louisiana $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Maine $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Maryland $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Massachusetts $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
Michigan $1,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
5 5
Minnesota $1,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 5
Mississippi $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000
Missouri $5,000 7 $5,000 7 $5,000 2 $5,000 2
Montana $1,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Nebraska $1,000 $4,000/6,0008 $4,000/6,0008 $4,000/6,0008
Nevada $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
New Hampshire $1,000 $2,000 2 $2,000 2 $2,000 2
New Jersey $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
New Mexico $1,000 $3,500 9 $3,500 9 $3,500 9
1 1
New York $1,000 $2,000/3,000 $2,000/3,000 $2,000/3,0001
North Carolina $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
North Dakota $1,000 $5,000/8,00010 $5,000/8,00010 $3,000/6,000/+2511
12 12
Ohio $1,000 No limit No limit No limit12
Oklahoma $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Oregon $10,000 13 $10,000 13 $10,000 13 $10,000 13
Pennsylvania $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Rhode Island $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
South Carolina $1,000 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
South Dakota $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Tennessee $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Texas $1,000 $2,000/3,0003 $2,000/3,0003 $2,000/3,0003
Utah $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Vermont $1,000 14 $1,000 14 $1,000 14 $1,000 14
Virginia $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Washington $1,000 $1,000 15 $1,000 15 $1,000 15
West Virginia $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
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Table L8 Asset Limits for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Wisconsin $1,000 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
Wyoming $1,000 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: This table captures the asset limits for recipients. If the state designates a different asset limit for applicants, it is included as a
footnote.
1 Units including a member age 60 years and over may exempt $3,000, all other units exempt $2,000.
2 The asset limit for applicants is $1,000.
3 Households including an elderly or disabled person may exempt $3,000. All other units exempt $2,000.
4 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $2,000, two persons receive $3,000 and three or more receive another $50 for
every additional person.
5 The asset limit for applicants is $2,000.
6 Only liquid resources will be considered for eligibility determinations. Liquid resources include cash, checking and savings accounts, CDs,
stocks and bonds, and money market accounts.
7 The asset limit for applicants, and recipients who do not sign a self-sufficiency pact, is $1,000.
8 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $4,000, two or more persons receive $6,000.
9 The total limit is $3,500; however, only $1,500 of that amount can be in liquid resources and only $2,000 can be in nonliquid resources.
Liquid resources include the (convertible) cash value of life insurance policies, cash, stocks, bonds, negotiable notes, purchase contracts and
other similar assets. Nonliquid resources include a second vehicle, equipment, tools, livestock (with the exception of non-salable domestic
pets), one-time sale asset conversion, and lump-sum payments.
10 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $5,000, two or more persons receive $8,000.
11 The asset limit is based on unit size: one person receives $3,000, two people receive $6,000, and an additional $25 is allowed for each
additional person thereafter.
12 Ohio has eliminated the asset test.
13 The limit is reduced to $2,500 if the recipient does not participate in the required activities of his or her case plan.
14 In addition to the $1,000 asset limit, up to 100 percent of the unit's total gross earnings from the previous month, if placed in a savings
account, will not count toward its asset limit.
15 $3,000 in a savings account or certificate of deposit may also be excluded.
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Table L9 Vehicle Exemptions for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama $1,500E One Vehicle per Driver One Vehicle per Driver All Vehicles Owned by
Household
Alaska $1,500E One Vehicle per Household1 One Vehicle per Household1 One Vehicle per Household1
Arizona $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
Arkansas $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
California $4,500 2E $4,650E $4,650E $4,650E
E
Colorado $1,500 One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household $4,5003F
Connecticut $9,500E $9,5004E $9,5004E $9,5004E
E E E
Delaware $4,650 $4,650 $4,650 $4,650E
D.C. E F F All Vehicles Owned by
$1,500 $4,650 $4,650
Household
Florida $1,500E $8,500E $8,500E $8,500E
E 5E 5E
Georgia $1,500 $1,500/4,650 $1,500/4,650 $1,500/4,6505E
Hawaii E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household All Vehicles Owned by
$1,500
Household
Idaho $1,500E $4,6506F $4,6506F $4,6506F
Illinois $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
Indiana $1,000E $1,000E $5,000E $5,000E
Iowa $3,889 per Vehicle for Each $3,889 per Vehicle for Each $3,959 per Vehicle for Each $4,115 per Vehicle for Each
Adult and Working Adult and Working Adult and Working Adult and Working
TeenagerE TeenagerE TeenagerE TeenagerE
Kansas $1,500E 7
One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household7 All Vehicles Owned by
Household
Kentucky $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household All Vehicles Owned by
Household
Louisiana $1,500E $10,000E $10,000E All Vehicles Owned by
Household8
Maine One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
Maryland $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household All Vehicles Owned by
Household
Massachusetts $5,000F $5,000F $10,000F/5,0009E $10,000F/5,0009E
Michigan 6 All Vehicles Owned by Unit All Vehicles Owned by Unit All Vehicles Owned by Unit
One Vehicle per Household
Minnesota $1,500E $7,500E $7,500E $7,500E
E E 10
Mississippi $1,500 $1,500 One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household10
Missouri One Vehicle per Household11 One Vehicle per Household11 One Vehicle per Household11 One Vehicle per Household11
Montana $1,500E One Vehicle per Household12 One Vehicle per Household12 One Vehicle per Household12
Nebraska $1,500E One Vehicle per Household13 One Vehicle per Household13 One Vehicle per Household13
Nevada $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
New Hampshire $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Licensed One Vehicle per Licensed
Member Driver Driver
New Jersey $1,500E $9,500 14F $9,500 14F $9,500 14F
E 15 15
New Mexico $1,500 One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household15
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Table L9 Vehicle Exemptions for Recipients, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
New York $1,500E $4,650F $4,650F $4,650F
North Carolina $5,000F $5,000F One Vehicle per Driver One Vehicle per Driver
North Dakota $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
Ohio $4,600F All Vehicles Owned by All Vehicles Owned by All Vehicles Owned by
Household Household Household
Oklahoma $1,500E $5,000E $5,000E $5,000E
E E E
Oregon $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000E
Pennsylvania $1,500E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
Rhode Island $1,500E $4,600/1,50016F/E $4,600/1,50016F/E $4,650/1,50017F/E
E F 18
South Carolina $1,500 $10,000 One Vehicle Per Driver One Vehicle Per Driver18
19E 20F 20
South Dakota $1,500 $4,650 One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household20
Tennessee $1,500E $4,600E $4,600E $4,600E
Texas E F F $4,650F per Vehicle Owned
$1,500 $4,650 per Vehicle Owned $4,650 per Vehicle Owned
By Household12 By Household12 By Household21
22E
Utah $8,000 $8,000 22E $8,000 22E $8,000 22E
Vermont One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Driver
Virginia
VIEW $7,500 23F/E $7,500 23F/E $7,500 23F/E $7,500 23F/E
E E E
All except $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500E
VIEW
Washington $1,500E $5,000 24E $5,000 24E $5,000 24E
West Virginia E One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household One Vehicle per Household
$1,500
Wisconsin $2,500E $10,000E $10,000E $10,000E
E 25F 25F
Wyoming $1,500 $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 25F
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
E Equity value of the vehicle.
F Fair market value of the vehicle.
Note: This table captures the vehicle exemptions for recipients. If the state designates different vehicle exemptions for applicants, they are
included as a footnote.
1 Vehicles used as a home, to produce self-employment income, to transport a disabled family member, or to participate in an approved work
activity are also exempt.
2 Applicants may only exempt $1,500 of the equity value of a vehicle.
3 One vehicle per household is exempt if equipped for a handicapped person, used to obtain medical treatment, or used for employment.
4 The unit may exempt $9,500 of the equity value of a vehicle or the entire value of one vehicle used to transport a handicapped person.
5 If the vehicle is used to look for work or in travel to work or education and training, the unit may exclude $4,650 of the value. If the
vehicle is not used for these purposes, $1,500 of the equity value will be excluded. If the vehicle is used more than 50 percent of the time to
produce income or as a dwelling, it is totally excluded.
6 The value of one specially equipped vehicle used to transport a disabled family member is also exempt.
7 Any other vehicles used over 50 percent of the time for employment, needed for medical treatment, used as a home, or specially equipped
for use by a handicapped person are exempt.
8 Recreational vehicles are not exempt.
9 The state compares the value of the vehicle to two standards: $10,000 of the fair market value and $5,000 of the equity value. If the value
of the vehicle exceeds either of those limits, the excess counts towards the asset limit; however, if the value of the vehicle exceeds both
limits, only the excess of the greater amount shall count towards the asset limit.
10 $4,650 of the fair market value of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
11 $1,500 of the equity value of the unit's second vehicle is exempt.
12 All income-producing vehicles are also exempt.
13 The entire vehicle is exempt only if used for employment, training, or medical transportation; any motor vehicle used as a home is also
exempt.
14 Units with two adults may exempt up to $4,650 of the fair market value of a second vehicle if it is essential for work, training, or
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14 Units with two adults may exempt up to $4,650 of the fair market value of a second vehicle if it is essential for work, training, or
transportation of a handicapped individual.
15 When public transportation is available, the value of the first vehicle is exempt. When public transportation is not available, the value of
one vehicle per participant involved in work activity is exempt.
16 A unit may exempt either $4,600 of the fair market value of each vehicle or $1,500 of the equity value of each vehicle. The entire value of
vehicles used primarily for income-producing purposes may be excluded (this includes vehicles such as delivery trucks or taxi cabs).
Vehicles used to get to and from work are not considered income-producing vehicles.
17 A unit may exempt $4,650 of the equity value of a vehicle. If after this exemption, the remaining value of the vehicle disqualifies the unit
from assistance, $1,500 of the equity value of the vehicle is exempted. The entire value of a vehicle to provide necessary transportation of a
disabled family member may be exempted.
18 Vehicles owned by or used to transport disabled individuals, vehicles essential to self-employment, income-producing vehicles, and
vehicles used as a home are also exempt.
19 A vehicle owned by a child at least 14 years old is exempt if the child is at least a part-time student and a part-time worker, a portion of the
payment for the car comes from the child's income, and the car's trade-in value does not exceed $2,500.
20 $4,650 of the fair market value of a vehicle is exempt if used for transport members of the unit for education or employment. The unit
may also exempt a vehicle used to transport water or fuel to the home when it is not piped in, a vehicle used to transport a disabled member
or SSI recipient in the household, and a vehicle used as a home or to produce income.
21 $4,650 is exempt for each vehicle owned by a TANF certified or disqualified household member and up to $15,000 is exempt for one
vehicle owned by a two-parent family. All vehicles used for income-producing purposes are exempt.
22 The entire equity value of a vehicle used to transport a disabled household member is also exempt.
23 If the fair market value of the vehicle is greater than $7,500, any equity value greater than $1,500 is counted in the resource limit.
24 The entire value of a vehicle used to transport a disabled household member is also exempt.
25 The $12,000 exemption applies to one car for a single-parent unit and to two cars for a married couple.
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, they are
ved work
percent of the time to
for employment, needed for medical treatment, used as a home, or specially equipped
of the equity value. If the value
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the value of
of the equity value of each vehicle. The entire value of
vehicle. If after this exemption, the remaining value of the vehicle disqualifies the unit
hicle is exempted. The entire value of a vehicle to provide necessary transportation of a
time worker, a portion of the
abled member
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Table L10 Family Cap Policies, 1996-2002 (July)
State 1996 1998 2000 2002
Alabama No No No No
Alaska No No No No
Arizona Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arkansas Yes Yes Yes Yes
California No Yes Yes Yes
Colorado No No No No
Connecticut Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delaware Yes Yes Yes1 Yes1
D.C. No No No No
Florida No Yes Yes Yes
Georgia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hawaii No No No No
Idaho No No2 No2 No2
Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indiana Yes Yes Yes Yes
Iowa No No No No
Kansas No No No No
Kentucky No No No No
Louisiana No No No No
Maine No No No No
Maryland Yes Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Michigan No No No No
Minnesota No No No No
Mississippi Yes Yes Yes Yes
Missouri No No No No
Montana No No No No
Nebraska No3 Yes Yes Yes
Nevada No No No No
New Hampshire No No No No
New Jersey Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Mexico No No No No
New York No No No No
North Carolina Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota No Yes Yes Yes
Ohio No No No No
Oklahoma No Yes Yes Yes
Oregon No No No No
Pennsylvania No No No No
Rhode Island No No No No
South Carolina No Yes Yes Yes
South Dakota No No No No
Tennessee No Yes Yes Yes
Texas No No No No
Utah No No No No
Vermont No No No No
Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Washington No No No No
West Virginia No No No No
Wisconsin Yes No4 No4 No4
Wyoming No Yes Yes Yes
Total States with Cap: 14 21 21 21
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
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1 Inaddition to the family cap policy, any child born to an unmarried minor parent after December 31, 1998 is ineligible for cash
assistance (whether the minor was receiving aid at the time of the birth or not). These units may receive non-cash assistance services in
the form of vouchers upon request, but they will not be automatically given each month. Receipt is based on need.
2 The state provides a flat maximum benefit, regardless of family size. However, the payment standard increases with family size, so the
benefit for a unit with income may increase with an additional child, but never beyond the maximum benefit level.
3 Nebraska is conducting a demonstration project in five counties that subjects units to a family cap.
4 The state provides a flat benefit, regardless of family size.
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Appendix 1: Component Description
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
Arizona All, except 11/95 - present Nonexempt recipients No limit
JOBSTART
JOBSTART 11/95 - present Participants are randomly selected 6 months
nonexempt recipients who have
completed high school/GED and are not
enrolled in postsecondary education.
The state subsidizes employers to hire
JOBSTART participants on a full-time
basis.
California Non-Exempt 7/97 - present Nonexempt recipients No limit
Exempt 7/97 - present Recipients who are 1) a parent/relative, Until recipient no
an aided parent of an unaided child, a longer meets
pregnant woman, or an adult in a exemption
Refugee Cash Assistance unit and 2) characteristics.
receive SSI, In-Home Support Services,
State Disability Insurance, or Temporary
Worker's Compensation. Also exempt
are unaided non-parent caretakers.
Connecticut Time-Limited 1/96 - present Units who are subject to the 21-month No limit
Units time limit
Time-Limit 1/96 - present Units exempt from the time limit Until recipients no
Exempt longer meet the
exemption criteria
Appendix 1: Component Description
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
Indiana Nonplacement 5/95 - 3/97 Recipients who are not job ready or are No limit
Track exempt from activities
Placement Track 5/95 - 3/97 Job ready recipients 24 months
DRAFT TABLES
Massachusetts 2 11/95 - present Recipients who are one of the following: Until recipients no
Exempt
receiving SSI; disabled; caring for a longer meet the
relative with a disability; pregnant with exemption criteria
a child who is expected to be born
within 120 days; caring for a child under
the age of 2; teen parents under age 20
meeting living arrangement
requirements and attending school; or
recipients age 60 or older. This
component is exempt from the reduced
need and payment standards, time limits,
and work requirements.
Nonexempt 11/95 - present Nonexempt recipients No limit
Montana Pathways 2/96 - 6/01 New applicants who do not opt for the 24 months
JSP (diversion) are required to
participate in Pathways. Pathways
requires a family to complete a Family
Investment Agreement (FIA) and limits
benefits for adults to 24 months. After
the time limit expires, the family enters
the CSP.
Community 2/96 - 6/01 Recipients whose time limits have No limit
Service Program expired in Pathways move into CSP.
(CSP) CSP requires that recipients participate
in CSP activities.
Job Supplement 2/96 - 6/01 Intended to divert applicants from n.a.
Program (JSP) welfare receipt by providing support
services (such as Medicaid and child
care assistance) and an employment-
related cash payment. This program is
completely optional and participants
must still meet AFDC/TANF eligibility
requirements.
Appendix 1: Component Description
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
Nebraska Time-Limited 11/95 - present Units in which the adult member(s) are No limit
Assistance able to work.
Non-Time- 11/95 - present Units that are not self-sufficient because Until recipients no
Limited the adult member(s) are mentally, longer meet the
Assistance emotionally, or physically unable to criteria
work. These units are exempt from
activities requirements.
New Hampshire New Hampshire 3/97 - present The NHEP provides financial assistance No limit
Employment to units with dependent children who are
Program (NHEP) cared for by a parent or relative who is
able bodied for employment.
DRAFT TABLES
Family 3/97 - present The FAP provides financial assistance to Until recipients no
Assistance units with dependent children who are longer meet the
Program (FAP) cared for by a parent or relative who is criteria
unable to work due to a physical or
mental disability, or are cared for by a
relative other than a parent who is not
receiving assistance. These units are
exempt from activities requirements.
Appendix 1: Component Description
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
North Carolina Work First 7/96 - 11/99 Counties are responsible for assigning Limited to 24
Active individuals to components. Most months
individuals who are nonexempt from
activities requirements are assigned to
the Work First Active component. This
component specifically includes the
following individuals: (1) an individual
who has been sanctioned for
noncooperation with Child Support; (2)
at least one parent in all Unemployed
Parent families; (3) a Work First Active
participant who has transferred from
another county; (4) an individual whose
family has been granted an extension for
Work First Assistance; (5) a caretaker
who is employed at least 30 hours per
week regardless of the age of the
youngest child; and (6) a caretaker
whose youngest child is age 5 or older.
Work First 7/96 - 11/99 Individuals are assigned to Work First Based on county
Preparatory Preparatory when they are subject to resources,
activities requirements and are waiting assignment to
to begin active participation. Work First
Preparatory should
be for a limited
time.
Pre-Work First 7/96 - 11/99 Individuals who are exempt from Until recipients no
activities requirements (whether longer meet the
temporarily or permanently) are placed exemption criteria.
in Pre-Work First.
Oregon All, except JOBS 1/96 - present Recipients not participating in the JOBS No limit
Plus Plus program
JOBS Plus 1/96 - present Recipients volunteer for the JOBS Plus *
program, which provides recipients with
on-the-job training while paying their
benefits as wages from a work-site
assignment.
Appendix 1: Component Description
DRAFT TABLES
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
Tennessee Time-Limited 7/99 - present Units that are subject to the time limit. No limit
Units
Time-Limited 7/99 - present Units that are exempt from the state time Until recipients no
Exempt Units limit. These include child-only units, longer meet the
minor parent units, and units where the exemption criteria
head is disabled, caring full-time for a
disabled family member, caring full-
time for an infant less than 4 months
old, in drug treatment, over age 60,
facing domestic violence or not job
ready (functions at or below an 8.9
grade level and is participating in a
basic/remedial education program).
Virginia Virginia 7/95 - present All nonexempt recipients that are 24 months
Initiative for required to participate in employment
Employment not activities (unsubsidized, subsidized,
Welfare Program community service)
(VIEW)
All, except 7/95 - present Recipients who are exempt from VIEW No limit
VIEW
Appendix 1: Component Description
Maximum
Name of Duration of Amount of Time
State Component Component Description of Component in Component1
Wisconsin W-2 Transitions 3/97 - present Individuals who have been determined 24 months
not ready for unsubsidized employment
and unable to participate in other
employment positions for reasons such
as an individual's incapacitation or the
need to remain in the home to care for
another family member who is
incapacitated or disabled
Community 3/97 - present Individuals who are not ready for 24 months
Service Jobs immediate regular employment,
(CSJ) particularly where attempts to place a
participant in an unsubsidized job or
Trial Job have failed
Trial Jobs 3/97 - present Individuals who are job ready but are 24 months
not able to obtain an unsubsidized job
DRAFT TABLES
Unsubsidized 1/98 - present Individuals who are employed at the No limit
Employment time of application or who have a strong
(UE) employment history and skills. Includes
individuals who are capable of obtaining
employment, are currently in an
unsubsidized job, or were previously
assigned to a subsidized employment
position. These recipients are not
subject to either federal or W-2 time
limits. Individuals in this component do
not receive cash benefits, but case
management and some support services
are available.
Source: The Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by DHHS/ACF and DHHS/ASPE.
Note: Only those states that have clearly delineated components are included in this table.
Where "No Limit" is listed for "Maximum Amount of Time in Component," it is assumed that units in this component are bound by
See Tables IV.C.1 and IV.C.2 for information on the maximum amount of time recipients are allowed to receive assistance in the state.
* Data not obtained.
1 For more information on work exemptions and time limit exemptions, see Tables III.B.1, IV.C.3, and IV.C.4 or for more detail, see the Welfare Rules
Database.
2 In Massachusetts, the exempt component comprises the majority of the caseload.
DRAFT TABLES
Component Interaction
The goal of JOBSTART is to place
recipients in jobs that lead to
unsubsidized employment. Those
who do not reach unsubsidized
employment after 6 months may
receive benefits under the All,
except JOBSTART component.
Recipients change components
only when something happens to
change their exemption status.
Recipients change components
only when something happens to
change their exemption status.
Component Interaction
If a Placement Track recipient
reaches the 24-month time limit
and has served the 36 months of
ineligibility, s/he may be placed in
the Nonplacement Track.
Placement Track recipients may be
moved to the Nonplacement Track
if they are determined unable to
work under existing circumstances.
DRAFT TABLES
Recipients change components
only when something happens to
change their exemption status.
New applicants have the option of
participating in JSP. If they do not
choose to participate in JSP, they
are placed in Pathways. If the new
applicant chooses to participate in
JSP and at any time needs monthly
benefits, the unit is placed in
Pathways. After receiving 2 years
of assistance under Pathways, the
unit is required to move to the
Community Service Program
(CSP). The unit must meet all the
requirements of the CSP
component in order to continue
receiving benefits.
Component Interaction
Recipients change components
only when something happens to
change their ability to work.
*
DRAFT TABLES
*
Component Interaction
Recipients are generally placed in
Work First Active, unless they are
exempt or waiting for an activity
assignment. Once the unit
becomes nonexempt or is assigned
to an activity, they move to Work
First Active.
*
DRAFT TABLES
Component Interaction
Recipients change components
only when something happens to
change their exemption status.
*
Component Interaction
Recipients should always be placed
at the highest level of employment
participation possible. Therefore,
recipients move between
components as appropriate. Time
limits may be extended on a case-
by-case basis.
Recipients should always be placed
at the highest level of employment
participation possible. Therefore,
recipients move between
components as appropriate. Time
limits may be extended on a case-
DRAFT TABLES
by-case basis.
in this component are bound by state time limits.
ed to receive assistance in the state.
or for more detail, see the Welfare Rules